Local Development Plan

Housing Land Allocation
The SPPS identifies that the following should inform housing allocations
within the Local Development Plan:
1. RDS Housing Growth Indicators (HGI’s)
2. Use of the RDS housing evaluation framework
Planning Policy Statement 8: Open Space, Sport & Outdoor Recreation
(PPS 8)
PPS 8 provides policy for the protection of open space, the provision of
new areas of open space in association with residential development and
the use of land for sport and outdoor recreation and advice upon the
treatment of these issues within development plans.
3. Allowance for existing housing commitments
4. Urban capacity studies
5. Allowance for windfall housing
6. Application of a sequential approach and identification of suitable
sites for settlements of over 5,000 population
7. Housing Needs Assessment/Housing Market Analysis (HNA/HMA)
8. Transport Assessments
These are addressed in further detail under the section ‘Future Housing
Growth Strategy’ on page 41.
Planning Policy Statement 7: Quality Residential Environments (PPS 7)
PPS 7 provides policy for achieving quality in new residential
developments and advice on the treatment of this issue within
development plans.
Planning Policy Statement 12: Housing in Settlements (PPS 12)
The policy objectives of PPS 12 are reflected in the SPPS and aim to
manage housing growth, to direct and manage future housing growth to
achieve sustainable patterns of residential development, to promote a
drive to provide more housing within existing urban areas, to encourage
an increase in the density of urban housing appropriate to the settlement
and to encourage the development of balanced communities.
This PPS looks at three inter-related elements of the plan designed to
meet its objectives and those of the RDS. These are:
• Processes for allocating housing land;
• Measures to be contained in development plans; and
• Implementing, monitoring and reviewing development plans.
A “Plan, Monitor and Manage” approach that aims to ensure that
development plans become more sustainable, balanced and integrated is
advocated.
PPS 12 recognises that the availability of affordable housing is one part of
the drive to help create mixed and inclusive communities.
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