SHLAA Main Document (March 2013) in PDF format - Allerdale ...

A l l e rd aleLocal PlanEvidence Base4 Grosscapacity of SHLAA sitesMeeting the housing growth target set outin the Allerdale Core StrategyThe emerging Local Plan sets out housinggrowth target for the Borough of 5167dwellings over the plan period 2011-2028.No. Dwellingsin the emerging Local Plan to be found sound,it must be also be demonstrated that there areenough sites of sufficient capacity of located inright places. The Council must to establishthat the spatial strategy and the proposeddistribution of housing growth identified in theemerging Local Plan is achievable.Local Plan housing target 5167Total capacity of SHLAA sites 9099Table 5: Comparison of the cumulative capacity of SHLAAsites against the housing target set out in theemerging Local PlanPrincipal ServiceCentreSHLAASiteCapacityLocal PlanTarget2433 1808Table 5 illustrates that based on theassumption in relation to density and NDA, thesum of the capacity of the sites included in theSHLAA considered to have potential forresidential development is 9099 dwellings.The cumulative capacity of the SHLAA sitesexceeds the proposed housing target set outin the emerging Local Plan. Therefore it canbe demonstrated that sufficient land has beenidentified to fulfil it.Meeting the housing targets for each tierof the proposed settlement hierarchyKey Service Centres 3466 2015Maryport 1183 620Cockermouth 653 517Wigton 982 517Aspatria 592 207Silloth 56 155Local Service Centre 2150 1034Rural Villages 1050 310TOTAL 9099 5167Table 6: Comparison of the capacity of SHLAA sites againstthe housing target for each tier in the settlementhierarchy set out in the emerging Local PlanIn order for the housing strategy/target set out13 SHLAA: Main Report