Perth and Kinross Housing Need and Demand Survey

Overview

Perth and Kinross Council is encouraging residents to take part in a major survey about housing need and demand across the area.  

The Housing Need and Demand Survey is part of the wider planning process to ensure that the right number of homes are developed in Perth and Kinross in the short, medium and longer term.  

It will gather evidence on the number and type of homes required to meet the needs of residents and communities. This includes gathering information on the number of households living in homes which are not suitable for their needs, as well as the views of new or younger households. 

The work will ensure that future plans to increase housebuilding are based on accurate information on the needs of residents. 

The feedback will allow the Council and partners to make sure enough land is allocated for housebuilding, adequate funding is allocated for housing investment, and enough skills and labour is developed in the housebuilding industry.  

The survey is open to all Perth and Kinross residents aged over 16.

Over 800 telephone and face-to-face interviews will also be carried out with a random sample of households across the area. The work is being carried out by professional market research company, Research Resource, and will run until 3rd April 2026. If you have been chosen as one of the 800 interview households, you will receive a letter from the Council with information about the process. You can choose to opt-out of the survey if you are picked this way.

The survey will be entirely confidential and will be treated in accordance with the Data Protection Act. Respondents can find out more about how Research Resource will treat the data in their Privacy Notice available on their website.

Once the research has been completed, Research Resource will provide a report on the findings to us. This will be completely anonymous, and they will not provide individual or identifiable feedback.

Summary survey results will be made available on our website in autumn 2026.

Before the Housing Need and Demand Survey can be published, we must submit the research to the Scottish Government who will assess whether the study meets their requirements. When the study passes this assessment, the Scottish Government will give it 'robust and credible' status, which means it can be used by us for planning the delivery of new homes and housing services.

The aim is to submit the Housing Need and Demand Survey study to the Scottish Government by December 2026. Following assessment, we will publish the Housing Need and Demand Survey on our website. This is anticipated to be early 2027.