SHLAA - 2012 UPDATE_FINAL(Low Res) - Allerdale Borough Council

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Allerdale Evidence Base Local Plan 2 Methodology Core Requirements of the Assessment The SHLAA Practice Guidance states that, as a minimum, a SHLAA should provide the following core outputs to identify opportunities for housing development: • A list of sites, cross-referenced to maps showing locations and boundaries of specific sites • Assessment of the deliverability/ developability of each identified site to determine when an identified site is realistically expected to be developed • Potential quantity of housing that could be delivered on each identified site • Constraints on the delivery of identified sites Identifying sites to be considered in the SHLAA Stage 1 - Desk top study This involved using existing information sources to identify sites with the potential to deliver housing. These included: • Registers of land owned by public sector organisations • The National Land Use Database (NLUD) • Cumbria County Council’s Employment Land Availability • The West Cumbria Employment Land & Premises Study • Submissions to the Council from local residents proposing residential land for inclusion in the next Local Plan Stage 2 - Call for Sites Landowners, developers and other interested parties were invited to submit sites for inclusion in the SHLAA , which they considered to have the potential to be developed as housing. Two call for sites have been undertaken: the first in June 2008 and the second in July 2011. Assessing Site Suitability Information was gathered on each site to assess their suitability. This involved consulting the following organisations: • United Utilities (gas/water/electric/sewage constraints) • Cumbria Highways (access/highway capacity) 3 SHLAA: Main Report
Evidence Base Allerdale Local Plan • Environment Agency (Flooding Issues) • Natural England (Biodiversity/Landscape Issues) • English Heritage (Historic environment constraints) • Allerdale Borough Council (Contamination/Mining constraints) Each site has been assessed by planning officers in order to obtain a detailed assessment on the location characteristics of each site including topography, surrounding uses, potential landscape impact and means of access. From these surveys potential on-site constraints were noted and supplemented by information included in the Council’s existing evidence base: • Strategic Flood Risk Assessment • Open Space Audit & Needs Assessment • Cumbria Biodiversity Database • Cumbria Landscape Character Guidance • Local Geodiversity Action Plan for Cumbria Each SHLAA site has been assessed in terms of accessibility. This was undertaken using a modelling system that rated each site from inaccessible to excellent based on the number of services that could be accessed via each mode of transport. Discounting sites The first sieve involved discounting those sites which were wholly unsuitable for housing development. Sites were discounted if: • The site is currently within beneficial use • The scale of the site is significantly too large to practically fit within village/town (though allowance was made for using a limited area of such sites) • The site is far removed from any established settlement • The site is within Flood Zone 3 • Cumbria Highways have given a definite no in terms of access/highway capacity • The site has already been developed • The site is severely constrained by utility concerns—such as excessive SHLAA: Main Report 4
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SHLAA - 2012 UPDATE_FINAL(Low Res) - Allerdale Borough Council

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