Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment


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Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)

Hart has now finalised a Local Development Framework (LDF) Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). The SHLAA will inform the preparation of Hart’s Local Development Framework, by aiming to identify sites which could be used for housing. The SHLAA assesses their potential housing capacity, when they are likely to be developed and seeks to identify possible constraints.

The SHLAA is an evidence base study comprising a main report and a number of extensive appendices. The main report has been finished and is available. Some of the appendices are still being finalised, including the individual site assessments. These will be made available when finalised via the website in early 2010.

The SHLAA lists a number of sites outside the District’s main settlements, which have been identified as ‘candidate sites’ for plan-making purposes. Some, but not all, of these sites may be needed to meet Hart’s housing allocation in the South East Plan.

Please note that the SHLAA report is not an expression of District Council policy. The inclusion of a site or a broad location within the SHLAA report does not necessarily mean that it will either be allocated for development in the forthcoming Local Development Framework or that a planning permission will be granted.

Although consultation on the SHLAA has finished, we will accept further potential residential development sites for our consideration through the SHLAA. We are especially interested to hear about any potential sites within Hart’s main settlements (Fleet & Church Crookham, Hook, Hartley Wintney, Blackwater, Yateley, Odiham & North Warnborough). This includes smaller sites capable of accommodating at least five dwellings, infill plots and conversions. Reflecting national planning guidance PPS3 Housing, any site suggestions will be assessed in terms of their suitability, availability and viability. If you wish to suggest a site, please send a map outlining the site boundary and any relevant supporting information to the address provided at the bottom of this page.