In accordance with government guidance the council has prepared a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) which forms an important part of the evidence base for the Local Development Framework.
The council consulted on the SHLAA methodology in July 2008 and the draft SHLAA report December 2008/January 2009. The purpose of a SHLAA is to:
• Identify sites with potential for housing;
• Assess their housing potential; and
• Assess when they are likely to be developed.
The South East Plan, the Partnership for Urban South Hampshire and the City Council recognise that a key aim for the South Hampshire sub-region is to improve economic performance, with Southampton and Portsmouth being the focus. Sustainable economic growth will be supported by additional homes and the necessary infrastructure.
This SHLAA report focuses on potential future locations for new homes during the plan period and it is important to remember that this is set within the wider context of creating mixed communities across the city and an overall balance of homes, jobs and other key services and facilities.
 | The purpose of this document is to demonstrate that the housing requirement for the city of 16,300 new homes in the period 2006 – 2026 which is set out in the South East Plan is likely to be deliverable. It demonstrates, by looking at potential sites, that the city has the potential to identify sufficient sites in future Development Plan Documents to deliver a 5 year, 10 year and 15 year supply of homes as required by Planning Policy Statement 3.
This document therefore does not allocate specific sites for housing. Such sites will be allocated within either the City Centre Action Plan or the Sites & Policies Development Plan Document.
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The identification of sites in this document as being potentially suitable for housing in no way prejudices their potential for other uses. It may be that although a site is considered suitable for housing that it will also be suitable for other uses, i.e. employment, retail, leisure etc.
A significant number of the sites identified either have extant planning permission (which is for, or includes a residential element), are allocated for housing or identified as suitable sites for housing in either the Local Plan Review or the city’s Urban Capacity Study, 2005.
The figures included for the possible number of dwellings on specific sites are indicative only (except where they relate to extant planning permissions).
A copy of the final SHLAA Report with associated maps is available below.
UPDATED SHLAA (JUNE 2011) available to download below.
If you would like further information please contact the Planning Policy Team using the contact details below.
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