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1. Background1.1 Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) sets out the national planning policyframework for Housing. PPS3 was published in November 2006 andreplaces Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 (PPG3). Some minor changeshave been made to the PPS in June 2010, however, the document stillseeks to achieve a step-change in housing delivery, through a moreresponsive and flexible supply of housing land. Paragraph 7 of PPS3requires Local Authorities to assess and demonstrate the extent to whichexisting plans fulfil the requirement set out in Paragraph 54 of PPS3 toidentify and maintain a rolling five-year supply of deliverable land forhousing. In the case of Breckland, this 5 year supply of housing shouldmeet the housing targets set out in the East of England Plan, the RegionalSpatial Strategy (RSS). The PPS requires this 5 year supply of land to bemaintained over the plan period. Importantly paragraph 71 of PPS3requires Local Authorities to consider planning applications for housingfavourably, subject to wider sustainability criteria, if they cannotdemonstrate an up-to-date five year supply of housing.1.2 This document assesses Breckland’s supply of housing over the next fiveyears. It identifies specific sites which the Council considers will deliverhousing over the period to 2015. The assessment includes sites which arecurrently under construction and sites with the benefit of planningpermission for housing. The assessment also includes brownfield sitesidentified in the District’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment2008 (SHLAA) as deliverable in five years. The SHLAA can also be foundon the Council’s website. A review of the SHLAA is programmed for late2010 and this will inform the review of the 2011 assessment.1.3 This assessment has been prepared following guidance from the PlanningInspectorate and Department for Communities and Local Government:Demonstrating a 5 Year Supply of Deliverable Sites (2007). This guidanceis available to inspect at www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk1.4 In order for sites to be considered as part of the District’s five year housingsupply they have to be regarded as deliverable in terms of paragraph 54 ofPPS3. In order for sites to be classed as deliverable, paragraph 54 of PPS3says that sites should be:• Available – the site is available for development now• Suitable – The site offers a suitable location for developmentand would contribute to the creation of sustainable, mixedcommunities• Achievable – there is a reasonable prospect that housing willbe delivered on the site within five years.1.5 Sites with planning permission identified in the assessment are consideredto be suitable and available, as this test was made at the application stage.It is possible that not all sites will be achievable within the 5 year period.Sites identified from the SHLAA have already been tested against thesecriteria.1.6 This assessment, has considered sites as either being large sites or smallsites. In line with the Regional Annual Monitoring Report (RAMR) large14