SHLAA - Allerdale Borough Council

A lle rda leLocal PlanEvidence Base1 IntroductionNational planning policy requirements inrelation to housing supplyThis Strategic Housing Land AvailabilityAssessment (“SHLAA”) has been prepared byAllerdale Borough Council (“the Council”) toprovide an assessment of the amount of landavailable for housing development bothcurrently and in the future.A top priority for Government is to ensure thatland availability is not a constraint on thedelivery of new housing. The new NationalPlanning Policy Framework (“NPPF”) statesthat local planning authorities should prepareSHLAAs to establish realistic assumptionsabout the availability, suitability and the likelyeconomic viability of land to meet theidentified need for housing during the planperiod.Purpose of this SHLAA documentThe Council are in the process of preparing annew Local Plan (“The emerging Local Plan”)will eventually replace the current Local Planthat was adopted in 1999.The emerging Local Plan sets out theCouncil’s long-term vision for the Borough forthe period 2011-2028. This includes thestrategy/target for housing growth and deliveryand also the general geographic distribution ofdevelopment within the Borough.Before the emerging Local Plan can beformally adopted by the Council it mustsuccessfully pass an examination in publicand be found ‘sound’. One of the key tests ofsoundness is that the housing strategy/targetis deliverable.In order to demonstrate that the housingstrategy/target is deliverable, the Council mustprovide evidence that there is:i. An adequate supply of housing land tofulfil the overall target set out in the plan.ii.iii.Enough housing land within each of thekey settlements and tiers of settlementhierarchy to deliver the spatial strategySufficient ‘deliverable’ sites in order toprovide a supply for the first five years ofthe planDocument formatThe report comprises:Chapter 2: describes the methodology whichwas followed in preparing this study.1 SHLAA: Main Report