Local Planning Authorities are required under national planning policy, Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (PPS3), to carry out a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) in order to assess future sources of land for housing.
The primary function of the SHLAA is to:
• identify sites with potential for housing
• assess how much housing potential the site has; and
• assess when the site is likely to be developed
The SHLAA will form part of the evidence base, along with other information, to inform decisions in plan making, including future allocations within Local Development Framework documents.
Methodology & Partnership Working
The Tyne & Wear SHLAA Partnership of local planning authorities, developers and other relevant agencies have agreed to work to a common methodology to undertake the SHLAAs. This methodology reflects the Government’s guidance detailed in the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments Practice Guide (July 2007), as supplemented by the North East England Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Regional Implementation Guide (prepared by the North East Assembly, March 2008), and the Tyne & Wear Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) Sub-Regional Addendum Concept Paper and Supplementary Guidance (July 2008) (128kb)
Please note that the deadline date for the submission of sites for inclusion within the SHLAA has now closed and an assessment has now commenced regarding the suitability of the sites included within the SHLAA.
It is important to note that the SHLAA does not determine whether housing will be built on any particular site. Any decision on a site is a matter for the local planning authority to make by allocating the land in its Local Development Framework and/or by granting planning permission. The SHLAA will inform the preparation of the Local Development Framework (LDF), by being part of the evidence helping to determine the most suitable locations for housing in the City.
A draft SHLAA assessment will be published in April 2009 for public consultation and a final report, taking into account all comments received, will become available in the Summer.
The relevant local authority SHLAA web pages are listed below:
• Gateshead MBC
• North Tyneside MBC
• South Tyneside MBC
• Sunderland CC
Please note:
• a SHLAA does not represent policy and does not determine whether a site should be allocated in a development plan document or granted permission for housing development;
• information submitted regarding sites as part of the SHLAA will be within the public domain;
• some local authorities are unable to accept e-mails larger than 7MB . If necessary, please contact the relevant authority to make alternative arrangements;
Full list of regional contacts(42kb)
For further information or to make comments at this stage of the process, please contact Peter Cockbain or Dianne Perry on 0191 211 5641 / 0191 277 7187 or via email peter.cockbain@newcastle.gov.uk / dianne.perry@newcastle.gov.uk
Page last updated: 19 December, 2011
