What is a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)?
The Darlington SHLAA is an assessment of the potential of a borough to accommodate housing development over a period of 15 years from the date of adoption of the LDF Core Strategy (anticipated to be 2010).
The SHLAA will form part of the evidence base for the emerging Local Development Framework (LDF), and inform the identification of potential new housing sites to be allocated in the LDF. The SHLAA however, does not in itself determine whether a site should be allocated for housing development; this will be done in a subsequent Development Plan Document (DPD).
The policy context to SHLAAs is provided by Planning Policy Statement 3 “Housing” (PPS3). PPS3 sets out a new policy approach for housing, including the identification of sufficient land for the plan period of 15 years, ensuring that the first 5 years of sites are allocated and developable and that the 5-year supply is maintained as sites are developed out.
We hope that the summary report will be available for consultation in February 2009 with the final document being published in April 2009. Further details will be published in due course.
If you would like to contact us, please do so using the following methods:
Planning & Environmental Policy
Chief Executive's Department
Town Hall
Darlington
DL1 5QT
Tel: (01325) 388644
Fax: (01325) 388616
Email: planning.policy@darlington.gov.uk