Assessment of applications

Under the new Allocations Scheme, we use a banding system to identify those in the greatest housing need and to reflect the aims and objectives of our Housing Allocation Scheme. We decide which band applications will be placed in depending on the information provided in the application form. For more information on bands. A summary of the bandings is set out below but please see our Allocations Scheme for the additional conditions associated with the criterion

During the reassessment process of  applications, your old application & assessment will remain active until 12 January 2026.

Band A – Urgent Need

  • You are homeless and North Norfolk District Council owes you the main homelessness duty.
  • You need to move urgently, for example because your property is about to be  demolished or redeveloped.
  • You have an urgent  medical condition, and your current housing is having a major adverse effect on the medical condition.
  • You have an urgent need to move because of a high risk of harassment, threat of violence or domestic abuse.
  • You are a young person leaving care and you have been assessed as being ready to move into independent accommodation.
  • You  cannot be discharged from hospital because they have no accommodation, or their current accommodation has been deemed hazardous to their health, and the situation cannot be rectified to enable them to continue to live there.
  • Your home is in disrepair, and the Council has determined that their current accommodation poses a Category 1 Hazard under the Housing Health and Safety Rating Scheme (HHSRS).
  • You are a housing association tenant with two or more bedrooms than you need and are willing to move to a smaller property. Or you live in an adapted property, and the adaptations are no longer required, for example, if the person requiring the adaptations has moved out or passed away.
  • You or a member of the household has a reasonable preference as a member of the armed forces have an urgent housing need.

Band B – High Need                     

  • You have been assessed as overcrowded, needing two more bedrooms than you currently have.
  • You have an urgent medical condition, and your current housing is having a major adverse effect on the medical condition
  • You are threatened with homelessness and owed a S195 Homeless Prevention Duty and believed to be in a priority need, deemed not to have worsened your housing circumstances, and establishes a local connection as outlined in Part VII of the Housing Act 1996.
  • You are homeless and owed a S189B Relief Duty and believed to be in a priority need, deemed not to have worsened you housing circumstances and establishes a local connection as outlined in Part VII of the Housing Act 1996.
  • You are a housing association tenant and are living in a property with one bedroom more than you require and you are willing to move to a smaller property
  • You  live outside of the district  but are employed in North Norfolk and need to move to avoid hardship (e.g. commuting distance).
  • You are ready to move on from support housing and have been assessed as being ready to move into independent accommodation.
  • You need to move to the district to give or receive essential care and support

Band C

  • You are threatened with homelessness and owed a S195 Homeless Prevention Duty and believed to have no priority need, deemed not to have worsened their housing circumstances and be able to establish a local connection as outlined in Part VII of the Housing Act 1996.
  • You are homeless and owed a S189B Relief Duty and believed to have no priority need, deemed not to have worsened their housing circumstances, and have established a local connection as outlined in Part VII of the Housing Act 1996.
  • You have received S184  main duty decision finding you to be homeless but have no priority need as outlines in Part VII of the Housing Act 1996.
  • You have been assessed as having  low level of overcrowding  due to lacking one bedroom.
  • You have a medical need or condition which is adversely affected by your current accommodation, e.g. you need ground floor accommodation or alternative bathing facilities.
  • You need to move to the district to give or receive ongoing care and support.

Band D

  • You are homeless or threatened with homelessness and are either intentionally homeless, not in priority need and do not establish a local connection under Norfolk as outlined in Part VII of the Housing Act 1996.
  • You are sharing accommodation you family or another household but are  otherwise adequately housed.

Band E

Any applicant who does not meet any of the criteria in Bands A, B or C will be assessed as having a low level of housing need and placed in Band D if the following applies.

  • You have no identified housing need but are eligible to be considered for, and are seeking, sheltered, supported, Housing with care or assisted living accommodation.
  • You have no identified housing need but establish a local connection to a S106 or village exception site whether the connection is to the specific village where the development is located, or an adjoining parish.

If you feel that you have been placed in the wrong register you can appeal against this decision (see Appeals).