East Hampshire District Council SHLAA 2011
Annual Monitoring Report Annex 1
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
November 2011
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Contents
1. Introduction 3
2. The role of the SHLAA 3-4
3. Background and approach 4
4. Methodology 4
5. Study findings 5-17
6. Monitoring and review 18
7. Conclusions drawn from the SHLAA process 18
8. Appendices 19-50
Appendix 1 - Methodology 20-26 Appendix 2 - Schedule of large housing sites 27-35 Appendix 3 - Sites in the settlement policy boundary 36-37 Appendix 4 - Housing trajectory 38-41 Appendix 5 - Five year housing supply 42-47 Appendix 6 – Greenfield SHLAA sites 48-50
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East Hampshire Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 2011.
1. Introduction
National planning policy (PPS3) states that all Local Planning Authorities should undertake a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). The SHLAA is seen by Government as a key tool in the development of local housing policy, and in demonstrating a 5 year supply of deliverable housing sites.
The SHLAA has the following objectives:
• To inform the Council’s strategy for the provision of housing to meet the housing target for the district through its Core Strategy Development Plan Document. • To identify potential sites for new housing development and assess their suitability, availability and deliverability. • To inform the subsequent allocation of sites for housing in the Local Development Framework. • To inform the plan, monitor and manage the approach for the provision of housing land and the Council’s assessment of a five year supply of deliverable sites as required by PPS3.
The SHLAA forms part of the background evidence for the Local Development Framework (LDF). It identifies potential housing sites within the district which can be used through the Core Strategy and the Site Allocations Development Plan Documents (DPD) to fulfil housing targets.
This is the third SHLAA to be carried out by East Hampshire District Council.
2. The role of the SHLAA
The SHLAA contributes towards the evidence base of the LDF. Policy decisions will be made in the appropriate DPD, not in the SHLAA. In addition, the SHLAA does not make any formal planning decisions and therefore cannot be used for development control purposes.
The identification of potential housing sites, buildings or areas in the SHLAA does not state or imply that the District Council would necessarily grant planning permission for residential development. Nor does identification in the SHLAA automatically qualify the site for allocation through the Site Allocations DPD for residential or any other type of development.
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Planning applications will continue to be treated on their own merits at the time of the planning application and not on the information contained in the SHLAA. The SHLAA does not prevent planning applications being submitted on any sites identified in or excluded from the report at any time.
The supply of SHLAA sites will show the choices available to meet the need and demand for housing within the district. This will provide a basis for future decision making which determines the location of housing within the district.
Overall, sites identified in this report and its appendices have no additional planning status and inclusion in the SHLAA does not imply a presumption of planning approval for residential development on any site.
3. Background and approach
The need to conduct a SHLAA was first stated in PPS3 (November 2006). Detailed guidance has been published by the Department for Communities and Local Government, in the form of ‘Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments, Practice Guidance 2007’. This guidance sets out the process which East Hampshire District Council has followed in the preparation of the SHLAA. The SHLAA is a systematic study of land in the District which is likely to be available for housing development in the period up to 2028.
The guidance highlights the importance of partnership working. This approach involves working with key stakeholders such as developers, landowners, town and parish councils, and other agencies. These stakeholders can provide expertise on the deliverability of sites, as well as advice on issues of site suitability.
The 2011 SHLAA had a cut off point of 31 March 2011 for receipt of sites. Sites received after that date will be included in the 2012 SHLAA.
4. Methodology
The methods used in East Hampshire District Council’s SHLAA are based on the guidance: Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments, Practice Guidance July 2007, published by DCLG, with some minor alterations to reflect local circumstances. The diagram and text in Appendix 1 sets out the detailed stages in the process.
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5. Study Findings
District Housing Requirement Figures
The housing requirement figures for East Hampshire District Council are based on the ‘Option 1’ figures submitted to SEERA of 5200 dwellings for the total 20 year period between 2006 and 2026, an average of 260 per annum. In East Hampshire the Option 1 targets are the same as the South East Plan housing targets.
The housing requirements are based on two areas. Firstly, the Central Hampshire part of East Hampshire District, which is made up of the South Downs National Park and the area to the ‘north of the South Downs National Park’ and forms part of the Rest of Hampshire in the South East Plan. Secondly, the South Hampshire part of East Hampshire District, which is made up of the three ‘Southern Parishes’ and forms part of the South Hampshire Sub-region in the South East Plan. This area is also referred to as the ‘PUSH’ area (Partnership for Urban South Hampshire).
The part of the district which falls within the South Hampshire area will take 1200 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026, an average of 60 per annum. The remainder of the district (Central Hampshire) will take the remaining 4000 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026, an average of 200 per year.
However, in order to satisfy planning policy guidance the housing requirement has to cover the period of 15 years from the next financial year from the year of adoption of the Joint Core Strategy (December 2012). The total housing requirement is therefore 1,320 dwellings for South Hampshire between 2006 and 2028 and 4,400 dwellings for Central Hampshire between 2006 and 2028.
The RSS housing figures reflect the substantial body of work carried out for the South East Plan. The figures reflect the environmental and other constraints recognised as existing across the central belt of Hampshire, and in particular in East Hampshire, with the South Downs National Park and internationally protected wildlife designations (Special Protection Areas etc).
The Whitehill Bordon Eco-town remains a strategic issue and a matter for the Joint Core Strategy. Objectives have been developed to underpin the strategy that will enable East Hampshire to realise its overall spatial vision and deliver the Green Town Vision for Whitehill Bordon. Provision will be made for up to 4000 dwellings over the Plan period. The housing figures for Whitehill Bordon are in addition to those in the South East Plan referred to above. Any development will help to meet the housing needs of Whitehill Bordon, but will also meet some of the need and demand arising from the wider area.
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The Council has carried out a separate assessment of housing requirements (Local Housing Requirements Study, June 2011, Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners). The study set out a number of scenarios based on different demographic and economic factors.
The scenarios are, however, based purely on demographic and economic factors and do not take account of wider issues, such as the vision and objectives in the Joint Core Strategy and the specific constraints which apply to the district. In this respect a key element of the vision of the Joint Core Strategy is the successful development of the Whitehill Bordon Eco-town. The Council is fully committed to the successful development of Whitehill Bordon. Any proposal which undermines this would be contrary to the Joint Core Strategy and could have adverse implications for the successful implementation of this sustainable brownfield development project. In addition, environmental and other constraints are recognised as existing across the central belt of Hampshire, as referred to above. Within the South Downs National Park, housing provision will be restricted to that needed to serve its communities. The National Park Circular1 states that “The Government recognises that the National Parks are not suitable locations for unrestricted housing and does not therefore provide general housing targets for them. The expectation is that new housing will be focused on meeting affordable housing requirements, supporting local employment opportunities and key services”.
Figure 1 below shows a summary of the scenarios based on Figure 5.1 of the Local Housing Requirement study, but with a figure of 4,000 dwellings for Whitehill Bordon (taken from the Joint Core Strategy) rather than 5,300 as used in Figure 5.1.
Figure 1.
Summary of Scenarios
RSS Requirement 900
Dis tric t RSS Requir ement With 769 800 Whitehill/Bordon 752
700 598 600 528 514 486 500
400 313 300 New DwellingsNew p.a. 204 200
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0 A: H: B: Net Housing Baseline Scenario Scenario Scenario C: Long Migration D: Short Scenario Scenario Scenario Scenario G: Lower E: Higher Scenario Economic Economic Term PastTerm Economic Term PastTerm F: Medium Demographic Led Demographic Led Economic Led Housing Led
1 English National Parks and the Broads. UK Government Vision and Circular 2010.
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The district housing requirement as set out in the South East Plan provides for a level of housing requirement which recognises the constraints which apply to the district. With the provision of housing at Whitehill Bordon the housing requirement level sits toward the upper end of the scenarios (Figure 1 above) as set out in the Local Housing Requirements study.
Housing supply
Housing provision and supply for the period 2006 to 2028 is made up of a number of sources, including existing completions, housing commitments from sites with planning permission and reserve sites. a. Sites within the planning process
Housing completions
Table 1 shows the number of dwellings built from 1st April 2006. Figures are for completions net of losses for each year between 1st April to 31st March.
Table 1: Annual completions since 1/4/2006
Year Central Hampshire South District Hampshire North of SDNP SDNP 2006/07 246 34 280 2007/08 462 84 546 2008/09 543 37 580 2009/10 242 24 266 2010/11 197 46 29 272 Sub total 1210 526 Total 1,736 208 1,944
Sites with planning permission
Table 2 shows the number of sites which can come forward from both large (10 dwellings or more) and small sites with planning permission at 31 March 2011.
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Table 2: Sites with planning permission
Area Large (unlikely Total Small (discount Total to come Large 10%) Small forward) South 92 -10 82 61 - 6 55 Hampshire
SDNP *105 -3 102 158 -16 142 North of *1075 -70 1005 231 -23 208 SDNP Sub total 1180 -73 1107 389 -39 350
District 1272 -83 1189 450 -45 405
*The housing numbers include the baseline housing site from the Local Plan which has not got planning permission (Former Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital site, Alton (150 dwellings).
PPS3 indicates that in order for sites to be deliverable they should be available, suitable and achievable. The large sites have been assessed, the views of the Council’s Planning Development section have been sought and, together with the views of developers of large housing sites, a phasing schedule has been drawn up (see Appendix 2). This schedule is for large sites at 31 March 2011. Some of the sites included have been assessed as being unlikely to come forward, although they have planning permission. The Hogmoor Road, Whitehill site is included in the ‘unlikely to come forward’ column for the North of SDNP as it is included in the Policy area of 4000 dwellings for Whitehill Bordon. These sites are deleted from the totals in Table 2: Sites with planning permission.
An assessment of the availability of small sites with planning permission is more difficult to undertake in view of the large number of sites and the different aspirations of landowners. It is reasonable to assume that those sites that do not come forward for development will be compensated for by new sites granted planning permission and developed. For the most part, the small site developments come forward within settlement policy boundaries. The granting of planning permissions for these sites has been in the light of the adopted planning policies with their emphasis on sustainability. However, in order to take a cautious approach and allow for the potential for some sites not to come forward the small site commitments are discounted by 10%.
Reserve sites
The adopted Local Plan includes a number of ‘reserve’ housing sites under Policy H2. These sites were originally identified to be released if annual
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The Government’s guidance set out in Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing requires local planning authorities to identify and maintain a rolling five-year supply of deliverable land for housing.
Previous monitoring by the Council against the housing provisions of the South East Plan showed that there was a shortfall in housing supply within that part of East Hampshire in South Hampshire. In line with the Government’s guidance, additional housing sites needed to be identified and brought forward for development within that area.
The Council resolved, therefore, to bring forward as a matter of some urgency the ‘reserve’ housing sites within the South Hampshire part of the District and as allocated in the East Hampshire District Local Plan: Second Review (2006).
The reserve sites in the Central Hampshire part of the district have not been released by the Council and there is no requirement to release them on the basis of maintaining a 5 year housing land supply. Notwithstanding the Inspector’s decision with respect to the Silent Garden reserve site (who concluded that as the site had been identified as a reserve housing site in the development plan, it was allocated in the overall land supply), it is considered that the central area reserve sites, although forming part of the overall land supply, should not be included at this stage as they would need to be treated on their own merits and as to whether they conflict with any policy objectives for the District. The reserve sites in Central Hampshire will, therefore, only be regarded as commitments if they come forward and are granted planning permission.
Table 3: Estimated Housing Yield from ‘South Hampshire’ Local Plan Reserve Sites at 31 March 2011.
Reserve site 2011 - 2016 – 2021 – Total 2016 2021 2028 yield South Hampshire Land at Green 210 65 275 Lane, Clanfield. Havant Road, 120 100 220 Horndean.* North of James 85 85 Copse Close, Horndean. Total 415 165 580
* Includes the Keydell Nursery site.
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Note: The reserve site at Oaklands House, Redhill Road, Rowlands Castle has planning permission and the housing numbers are included as a housing commitment under Table 2.
b.Sites not currently in the planning process
Sites within settlement policy boundaries (large urban potential)
The assessment work has attempted to identify potential sites within settlement policy boundaries, including those sites of five or more dwellings. However, smaller sites between 5 and 9 dwellings have been deleted from the total as they are considered within the section on broad locations below. The sites have been assessed for their suitability, availability and deliverability. In principle the redevelopment of such sites would be appropriate and the assessment has shown that many of these sites will come forward in the period 2011 – 2016. However, a cautious approach has been taken to the phasing of these sites and only a very limited number are included in this early period to ensure robustness (for similar reasons none are included in the five year land supply). In the case of existing employment sites the Council has not included these in the list of SHLAA sites due to the reasons given in Appendix 1, Methodology ‘Stage 7’.
Table 4: Potential sites within settlement policy boundaries (large urban potential)
Total Included Small Large 2011- 2016- 2021- (Appendix in W. B sites** urban 2016 2021 2028 3) figure* (5-9) potential South 76 - 3 73 73 0 0 Hampshire
Central Hampshire SDNP 63 - 5 58 0 46 12 North of 212 - 48 - 24 140 0 140 0 SDNP Sub total 275 - 48 - 29 198 0 186 12
District 351 - 48 - 32 271 73 186 12
* deleted from the Rest of Central Hampshire figure as sites WHI002 and WHI007/009 are included in the 4000 dwellings for Whitehill Bordon. ** small sites between 5 and 9 dwellings have been deleted from the total as they are considered within the section on broad locations below.
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The full list of sites inside the Settlement Policy can be found in Appendix 3 of this report.
Housing within broad locations i. Within settlements
The SHLAA includes sites of five or more dwellings. The assessment work has attempted to identify potential sites within settlement policy boundaries (see section above), including those sites of between 5 and 9 dwellings. The nature of these smaller sites (and of sites of less than 5) means that they are difficult to identify. They often involve the assembly of land already in residential use, the replacement of one or two existing dwellings with a larger number of houses or flats, or the redevelopment of a site in non-residential use. The contribution from small site development is, therefore, considered in the context of Broad Locations under Stage 9 of the SHLAA.
Small site development has traditionally made up a significant proportion of new housing provision in the district. Policies in the Local Plan have actively promoted housing development in suitable locations within the defined settlements as a means of securing additional housing in sustainable locations (outside of areas restricted by policy). The Joint Core Strategy retains this approach. It is important therefore that any realistic assessment of housing land availability in this district takes some account of the potential of small site development over the plan period. The SHLAA has assessed where and at what rate this is likely to take place. If not included, there is the potential that housing provision is underestimated to such a degree that it impacts on the Joint Core Strategy in terms of under provision of the necessary planned infrastructure, services and other facilities (see also the last paragraph of this section).
The government ‘practice guidance’ note advises that there are three factors which should be taken into account in reaching an informed view of the contribution of unidentified sites. Two factors are particularly relevant:
• The nature and scale of potential opportunities within the broad location; and • Market conditions.
The character of East Hampshire District is not such that the demand for housing is likely to suddenly dry up. The attractive quality of the district, combined with its location in the South East region between London and the South Coast, means it will maintain a continuous demand for housing.
The Councils preferred approach to development within the Joint Core Strategy is to ensure that new development will make the best use of previously
11 East Hampshire District Council SHLAA 2011 developed land and buildings within existing built-up areas. However, the concerns expressed about the impact of infill development and ‘garden grabbing’ through the Core Strategy consultation is recognised. Policies in the Core Strategy and subsequent DPD’s will address this issue and may have a potential impact on the number of small site developments coming forward.
The impact of the Coalition Governments changes with respect to the removal of garden land from the definition of previously developed land and the removal of indicative minimum density have been considered. The vast majority of small site development comes forward within settlement policy boundaries. Discussions with Development Control Officers who have a wealth of experience of dealing with such sites in the District, have indicated that even considering the changes, the vast majority of small development sites would still be acceptable as development sites (subject to any policy changes brought forward through the LDF). What may change is the consideration of appropriate housing density, which could result in reduced density on some sites.
It is estimated that changes in density will reduce small site development provision by around 10%, based on the revised density figures estimated for those SHLAA sites within the settlement policy boundaries. Analysis of previous small site development by location indicates the potential loss through policy changes is unlikely to result in a greater than 10% -15% loss. A ‘discount’ of 25% has, therefore been applied to the contribution coming forward through small site development. This, it is considered, results in a conservative estimate of small site development provision and reflects the potential for any reduction in numbers due to policy changes.
Small site planning permissions are phased within the five year housing land supply period (2012/13 to 2016/17) since these are expected to contribute to housing supply during this period. In the light of Government guidance on unidentified sites, provision for small site development has only been included for the 5 years between 1st April 2023 and 31st March 2028, based on an anticipated adoption date of 2012 for the Core Strategy. Table 5 below sets out in the ‘Rounded total’ column the estimated provision from this source.
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Table 5: Provision of dwellings by settlement through small site development (2000 to 2011)
Settlement Total 2000 Annual 5 year total 25% Rounded to 2011 Average 2023 -2028 discount total Central Hampshire SDNP Petersfield 118 10.7 53.5 40.1 40 Liss 91 8.3 41.5 31.1 31 Rest 212 19.3 96.5 72.4 73 Sub total 421 38.3 191.5 143.6 144
North of SDNP Alton 266 24.2 121 90.8 91 Liphook 78 7.1 36 27 27 Four 86 7.8 39 29.3 29 Marks/S Medstead Grayshott 40 3.6 18 13.5 14 Rest 235 21.3 106.5 79.9 80 Whitehill 98 8.9 45 33.8 34 Bordon Lindford 39 3.5 17.5 13.1 12 Sub total 842 76.6 383 287.2 287 Central 1263 114.9 574.5 430.8 431 Hampshire Total
South Hampshire Horndean 150 13.6 68 51 51 Clanfield 27 2.5 12.5 9.4 9 Rowlands 43 3.9 19.5 14.6 15 Castle Sub total 220 20 100 75 75
District 1483 134.8 674 505.5 506 Total
In addition to the provision set out in Table 5, small site development will also occur within the 6 year period 2017/18 to 2022/23 i.e. between the end of the small site planning permissions phasing period (2016/17) and the beginning of the small site development phasing period (2023/24). It is estimated that around
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647 additional dwellings will come forward on small sites. If large unidentified sites are added (414 dwellings) this would give a total of over 1,000 anticipated new dwellings which cannot be counted towards the Council’s housing land supply due to the approach set out in PPS3. ii. Adjoining settlements
A large number of sites adjoining settlements, but which lie outside a settlement policy boundary, were submitted. The vast majority of these sites were greenfield. Those which were not excluded through the Stage 7 site sift have been included within a SHLAA database which will form a potential land supply. If new sites outside the defined settlements are required in order to meet the District housing requirement, then the SHLAA assessment will help inform the allocation of sites within the subsequent Development Plan Documents.
Table 6: Potential housing numbers from SHLAA sites adjoining settlements.
Area/period 2011 - 2016 2016 - 2021 2021 - 2028 Total South 1371 920 210 2501 Hampshire
Central Hampshire South Downs 1145 443 21 1609 National Park North of SDNP 2387 707 429 3523 Central 3532 1150 450 5132 Hampshire total
District total 4903 2070 660 7633
The expected phasing of housing coming forward from the above SHLAA sites is based upon the phasing information given to East Hampshire District Council by Landowners and developers and from information provided by Planning Control Officers. Where this was not available, it was based upon the number of houses which it is considered could feasibly be built over the 5 year periods. A full list of included SHLAA sites falling outside the SPB can be found in Appendix 6.
Summary of housing supply
The following tables show the housing supply for 5 year periods for the District between 2006 and 2028. As well as a District wide table there are separate tables for the section of the District which falls into the South Hampshire area, and the rest of the District that falls into the Central Hampshire area. These tables show the sources of land supply for housing within the District, as well as whether there is sufficient housing potential from the SHLAA site to meet any
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Table 7: District wide housing supply.
East Hampshire Area Housing Figures - District Source of housing 2006 - 2011 - 2016 - 2021 - 2006 - potential 2011 2016 2021 2028 2028 Option 1 Target 1300 1300 1300 1820 5720 annualised Completions (table 1) 1944 1944 Large sites with pp 1139 50 1189 (table 2) Reserve sites (South 415 165 580 Hampshire only) (table 3) Large urban potential 73 186 12 271 (table 4) Small Small sites 405 405 urban with pp potential (table 2) Small site 506 506 development (table 5) Total 1944 2032 401 518 4895 Shortfall / surplus + 644 + 732 - 899 - 1302 - 825 SHLAA sites outside 4903 2070 660 7633 SPB’s (table 6)
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Table 8: Central area housing supply
East Hampshire Area Housing Figures – Central Hampshire Source of housing 2006 - 2011 - 2016 - 2021 - 2006 - potential 2011 2016 2021 2028 2028 Option 1 Target 1000 1000 1000 1400 4400 annualised
SDNP Completions (table 1) 526 526 Large sites with pp 102 102 (table 2) Large urban potential 46 12 58 (table 4) Small Small sites 142 142 urban with pp potential (table 2) Small site 144 144 development (table 5) Sub total 526 244 46 156 972
North of SDNP Completions (table 1) 1210 1210 Large sites with pp 955 50 1005 (table 2) Large urban potential 140 140 (table 4) Small Small sites 208 208 urban with pp potential (table 2) Small site 287 287 development (table 5) Sub total 1210 1163 190 287 2850
Total 1736 1407 236 443 3822 Shortfall / surplus + 736 + 407 - 764 - 957 - 578 SHLAA sites outside 3532 1150 450 5132 SPB’s (table 6)
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Table 9: South Hampshire Area housing supply
East Hampshire Area Housing Figures – South Hampshire Source of housing 2006 - 2011 - 2016 - 2021 - 2006 - potential 2011 2016 2021 2028 2028 Option 1 Target 300 300 300 420 1320 annualised Completions (table 1) 208 208 Large sites with pp 82 82 (table 2) Reserve sites (South 415 165 580 Hampshire only) (table 3) Large urban potential 73 73 (table 4) Small Small sites 55 55 urban with pp potential (table 2) Small site 75 75 development (table 5) Total 208 625 165 75 1073 Shortfall / surplus - 92 + 325 - 135 - 345 - 247 SHLAA sites outside 1371 920 210 2501 SPB’s (table 6)
The assessment shows that in the Central Hampshire part of the District there is a 578 dwelling shortfall over the plan period. There are sufficient SHLAA sites to meet this shortfall, and sites will be allocated through the Site Allocations DPD.
In the South Hampshire part of the District, there is a 247 dwelling shortfall over the plan period. There are sufficient SHLAA sites to meet this shortfall, and sites will be allocated through the Site Allocations DPD.
Housing trajectory diagrams for the period 2006 – 2028 are set out in Appendix 4.
5 Year Housing Land Supply: The above tables indicate that within the Central Hampshire part of the district and within the South Hampshire part of the District there is sufficient housing to meet the 5 year supply for housing. However, the methodology for accurately calculating the 5 year housing land supply as set out by planning guidance is different to that used above. Appendix 5 sets out a detailed assessment based on the figures above. This assessment shows there is sufficient housing to meet the 5 year land supply for both parts of the District.
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6. Monitoring and review
Potential shortfalls in meeting the housing targets will be identified through the ongoing Annual Monitoring Report process, and updates to the work on 5 year land supply. The SHLAA will be updated at the same time as the AMR.
The SHLAA updates will be published annually as an appendage to the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR). The annual cut off point for the receipt of new SHLAA sites will be in line with that for the rest of the data used in the AMR and with the financial year. This is the 31st of March each year. The cut off for this document was the 31st March 2011.
7. Conclusions drawn from the SHLAA process
The SHLAA has assessed all sources of identifiable supply within the District, assessed the contribution from small site development under Broad Locations and looked at the potential contribution from the large number of greenfield sites adjacent to settlements.
As those familiar with the housing market will appreciate, any analysis of the housing market reflects the situation at any given point in time. The market will undoubtedly vary over the period considered by this study. The annual reviews of the SHLAA will pick up changing trends in the marketplace.
Whilst the short term demand for housing has fallen, the long term demand is still considered by the market to be strong. This is underpinned by government policy to deliver a much increased level of housing to meet the medium term shortage. The housing market in the East Hampshire area will continue to be comparatively strong, with asking prices for most house types remaining high.
It is considered that, due to the historically strong land values in the area, it is unlikely that any competing uses or abnormal development costs would adversely affect the economic viability for housing of any of the identified sites.
The above tables indicate that within the Central Hampshire part of the district there is sufficient housing to meet the 5 year supply for housing. However, there is a 578 dwelling shortfall over the plan period. There are sufficient SHLAA sites to meet this shortfall, and sites will be allocated through the Site Allocations DPD.
In the South Hampshire part of the District there is sufficient housing to meet the 5 year supply for housing. However, there is a 247 dwelling shortfall over the plan period. There are sufficient SHLAA sites to meet this shortfall, and sites will be allocated through the Site Allocations DPD.
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8. Appendices
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Appendix 1 Methodology
20 East Hampshire District Council SHLAA 2011 a. Stage 1: Planning the assessment
The SHLAA has been undertaken by officers of East Hampshire District Council as an in-house study. Officers from various sections of the District Council have been involved in the decisions made, and the production of reports and updates. These included officers from Planning Policy, Development Control and the Heritage Team.
Despite initial intentions to carry out the original 2009 SHLAA as a piece of joint work with Winchester City Council the timing of the two respective LDF’s meant this was not possible. However, early work on preparing the methodology and an initial stakeholder meeting was held in conjunction with Winchester City Council. The stakeholder group included representatives of other local authorities, housing developers and agents, housing associations and other bodies. A further meeting of the group was held in July 2009 to discuss the draft outcomes of the study. No further stakeholder meetings have been held and all subsequent work has been carried out in-house.
A work programme, including key milestones for the project was prepared. Resources in terms of staff input were included in the programme. This, with subsequent amendments throughout the process, formed the basis of the project.
A site of 5 or more units has been set as the survey threshold. This was determined as an appropriate minimum number to identify as many sites as possible, without the problem of attempting to assess very small sites where it is impossible to assess delivery.
The guidance states that the study should aim to identify as many sites in and around as many settlements as possible. However, planning policy guides development toward the more sustainable settlements. This emphasis is taken on board in the SHLAA to ensure that housing is developed in the larger settlements which have a range of services and infrastructure. b. Stage 2: Sources of sites.
The housing sites were originally taken from a number of different sources; existing local plan allocations (baseline and reserve), outstanding planning permissions, lapsed residential planning permissions, refused planning permission but development acceptable in principle, urban capacity study sites, National Land Use Database sites, vacant and derelict land, surplus public sector land, redevelopment of existing residential areas, preliminary enquiries, sites put forward by landowners/developers, aerial surveys, non residential land and rural exception sites. The sites put forward for the 2011 update were all landowner submissions.
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c. Stage 3: Desktop review of existing information
An evaluation of the above sources of sites was carried out by officers in order to determine all sites which would be included in the assessment. A survey of the GIS database was conducted for all the sites. This looked at the criteria referred to in the ‘Recording site characteristics’ stage 5 of the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) guidance on SHLAA’s. From the information gathered through the site survey an initial review of sites was undertaken.
All sites identified were mapped on GIS and included within an Access database. The GIS mapping information was made available on the Council’s website, together with a pro-forma for landowners and agents, which could be completed online in order to submit additional sites. d. Stage 4: Determining which sites and areas will be surveyed.
DCLG Strategic Housing land Availability Assessments - Practice Guidance (Para. 21) states:
“Particular types of land or areas may be excluded from the Assessment…… Except for more clear-cut designations such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest, the scope of the Assessment should not be narrowed down by existing policies designed to constrain development, so that local planning authority is in the best possible position when it comes to decide its strategy for delivering its housing objectives.”
The Planning Advisory Service document – Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment and Development Plan Document preparation (Page 7) states:
“There is no expectation that every possible Greenfield site should be assessed within the SHLAA. Indeed in many rural areas there will be large numbers of theoretically-possible sites, many of which are patently unsuitable for housing because of their isolation from settlements or for other reasons.”
In view of the Guidance at Stage 2 an initial broad evaluation of sites was made to exclude those which were unsuitable for development and which were not worthy of being included in the survey.
The following criteria were used to exclude sites as having no realistic potential for housing development:-
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• The site lies within a nationally or internationally designated site: Special Protection Area, Special Areas of Conservation, Sites of Special Scientific Interest or National Nature Reserves.
• On the site of a Scheduled Ancient Monument
• Greenfield sites which are unrelated to an existing settlement, either with or without a settlement policy boundary.
This initial site sift did not result in the removal of any of the sites submitted for the 2011 update. All sites were therefore subject to a stage 5 site survey. e. Stage 5: Carrying out the survey.
Al the SHLAA sites were visited where access could be gained. The survey team consisted of officers from the Planning Policy and Development Control sections. Maps and site details gathered through the desktop survey were consulted during the survey to ensure accuracy of information given.
The survey identified further information in regard to site suitability, in line with stage 5 of the DCLG guidance on SHLAA’s. The information from the GIS and Site Surveys was then sifted on the basis of suitability.
Within the SHLAA site sifting process questions/statements were devised which aimed to determine any issues raised in respect of suitability, and information raised in respect of availability and achievability. The Information gathered helped to inform, in conjunction with other information gathered, the stage 7 site assessment. f. Stage 6: Estimating the housing potential of each site
To estimate the potential housing numbers for included sites, the density of development in the surrounding area was taken into account to determine a realistic level of development that would be in keeping with the character of the area.
Housing numbers in previous SHLAA assessments have been based on a minimum density of 30 dwellings per hectare in line with Government policy in Planning Policy Statement 3. However, minimum density requirements were removed from PPS3 in July 2011, therefore it is no longer considered appropriate to use minimum densities to determine likely housing numbers.
As the process of determining locally based housing need is developed further, more detailed assessments of the greenfield sites potential may be made if determined necessary.
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The guidance seeks to consider all sites as one of three categories:
• Deliverable – available now and with a reasonable prospect of development within 5 years from the date of adoption of the Plan (2012). These sites are considered to have housing potential and are identified in this study as being provided within the period up to 2018; and
• Developable – sites suitable for housing and having a reasonable prospect of being delivered within the period of the plan. These sites are included within this study and identified to come forward in a time frame up to 2028;
• Not currently developable – these are the identified sites which, for whatever reason, cannot currently come forward for housing. These sites have not been included within the SHLAA.
Assessing suitability of sites
The information necessary to conduct an assessment of site suitability was gathered through the desktop survey and a site visit.
Using the information gathered through the GIS and site survey’s, an initial site sift was carried out. The purpose of this sift was to exclude any sites which were identified as being unsuitable for progression within the SHLAA. This was done by a number of planning policy officers, in conjunction with officers from the Heritage and Development Control sections.
Through the sifting process some sites were identified as having constraints which did not exclude them from the SHLAA, but for which extra information would be needed in order to further investigate their suitability. Where this was the case, issues were highlighted and the landowners were contacted to provide extra information that needed to be clarified in order to make a final decision regarding suitability.
Assessing availability and achievability of sites
All of the sites considered through the 2011 assessment were promoted by landowners or developers in response to an advertisement which aimed to ascertain which sites were available for development. In most cases the landowner or developer was identifiable and their intentions were made clear in the SHLAA submission form, which included a phasing table to identify when sites would be available for development and likely time frames for housing completions.
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In any cases where site ownership and availability for development was unclear, attempts were made to clarify the situation but this was not always possible within the time frame. Where potential issues regarding land ownership were apparent but could not be resolved, the sites were removed from the SHLAA process.
In previous SHLAA periods, where sites originated from other sources, attempts were made to identify landowners from Council records. However this was not always successful and within the constraints of the study it was not always possible to identify and/or contact landowners. In these instances a view was taken as to the likelihood that developers would come forward based on knowledge of the site.
Final sifting process
A final site sift was carried out based on all information held, including any additional information provided by the landowner/developer in stage 7.
On a number of sites the potential for development was limited by a range of constraints. In some instances it was determined that these constraints may be overcome through either shifts in policy or by creation or improvement of infrastructure. The likelihood of changes occurring was been considered in order to assess whether a site was developable or not.
In the original SHLAA, land in employment use was excluded on the basis that although the Assessment of Employment Needs and Floorspace Requirements study included an appraisal of sites, it was not considered detailed enough to justify the loss of individual employment sites at that stage. Sites located in gaps were not excluded unless other constraints applied (flooding etc) until a review of gap boundaries has been undertaken through the relevant DPD.
Sequential testing of SHLAA sites: The sites that form the SHLAA database are not being sequentially tested within the SHLAA. This is because housing sites are subject to change, additional housing sites will come forward and government policy may change. This makes a sequential test of sites in the SHLAA an inefficient and largely inaccurate method by which to decide which sites are most suitable for housing. The sequential testing of the sites will take place within the site allocations DPD and its updates. This will be done as and when shortfalls in meeting housing targets are identified. By using this method of sequential testing, the most up-to-date SHLAA and policy information will be available to inform decisions made. This will also allow the sites that are sequentially tested to be drawn from an area which is most appropriate in spatial scale and location to meet housing needs at any given point.
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h. Stage 8: Review of the assessment (including stage 9)
Following the survey of sites and site sifting work a review of housing land supply has been carried out as set out in section 5 of the SHLAA. The assessment of housing land supply indicates there is a requirement to assess the housing potential of broad locations (Stage 9), due to insufficient supply being identified through the earlier stages of the SHLAA. The assessment considers sites within settlements and those adjoining settlements.
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Appendix 2
EAST HAMPSHIRE SCHEDULE OF LARGE HOUSING SITES
(As at 31st March 2011)
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NET NET DWLS PERMITTED OTHER TOTAL ADDRESS AVAILABLE DWLS 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2011/2017 SUPPLY UNLIKELY SUPPLY
WEST OFF THE SQUARE LIPHOOK 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
LAND AT CHASE ROAD CHASE ROAD LINDFORD BORDON 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 LORD MAYOR TRELOAR HOSPITAL CHAWTON PARK ROAD ALTON 150 0 0 0 0 50 50 50 150 0 0 150 LAND AT CHANDOS LODGE AND GRANGE HOTEL ANSTEY ROAD ANTSEY ALTON 172 172 0 30 60 60 22 0 172 0 0 172
LAND SOUTH OF WINCHESTER ROAD FOUR MARKS ALTON 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 34
LAND AT HOGMOOR ROAD WHITEHILL BORDON 47 47 0 15 20 12 0 0 47 0 0 47 SILENT GARDEN PORTSMOUTH ROAD LIPHOOK 127 127 -1 40 50 38 0 0 127 0 0 127
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LOWSLEY FARM YEOMANS LANE LIPHOOK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KEYDELL NURSERY AND HAVANT ROAD HORNDEAN WATERLOOVILLE 220 0 0 0 20 50 50 50 170 50 0 220
LAND AT GREEN LANE CLANFIELD WATERLOOVILLE 275 0 0 0 50 80 80 65 275 0 0 275
THE DEPOT LONDON ROAD HOLYBOURNE ALTON 14 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 6 14 WHITEHILL CHASE HIGH STREET BORDON 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
SITE 94 & 96 AND THE REAR OF 98-102 LONGMOOR ROAD LIPHOOK 17 17 0 0 10 7 0 0 17 0 0 17 ALTON DAY SERVICES CHAWTON PARK ROAD ALTON 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 54
148-154 WINCHESTER ROAD FOUR MARKS ALTON 10 10 -2 12 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
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KING GEORGES HOSPITAL HEWSHOTT LANE LIPHOOK 68 68 35 33 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 68
1-3 BUTTS ROAD ALTON 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 OAKLANDS HOUSE REDHILL ROAD ROWLANDS CASTLE 47 47 0 25 22 0 0 0 47 0 0 47
NORTH OF BRISLANDS LANE FOUR MARKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORTH OF JAMES COPSE ROAD HORNDEAN 85 0 0 0 0 40 45 0 85 0 0 85 THORNYBUSH HOUSE AND WINDRUSH BOYNESWOOD ROAD MEDSTEAD ALTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
REAR OF 51-55 NORMANDY STREET ALTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WHITEDOWN SPECIAL SCHOOL ALBERT ROAD ALTON 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26
74 FIVE HEADS ROAD HORNDEAN WATERLOOVILLE 19 19 5 6 8 0 0 0 19 0 0 19
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REAR OF OLIVERS AND FLINT HOUSE BOYNESWOOD ROAD MEDSTEAD ALTON 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11
74 & 76 ANSTEY ROAD ALTON 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
32A BUTTS ROAD ALTON 14 14 0 8 6 0 0 0 14 0 0 14
LAND AT HAZEL COTTAGE CHASE ROAD LINDFORD BORDON 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12
PLANET MOTO PETERSFIELD ROAD WHITEHILL BORDON 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13
LAND AT 1-3 GLOUCESTER CLOSE FOUR MARKS ALTON 16 16 0 -2 18 0 0 0 16 0 0 16
LAND OFF FORMER OSU SITE CANADA WAY LIPHOOK 128 128 0 0 24 104 0 0 128 0 0 128
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PAXHILL RESIDENTIAL HOME PAXHILL BENTLEY FARNHAM 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12
VIXEN HOUSE 20 TURK STREET ALTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CADLINGTON HOUSE BLENDWORTH LANE HORNDEAN WATERLOOVILLE 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
AND REAR OF BEECHWOOD, THE HOL OAKDENE THE SHRAVE FOUR MARKS ALTON 14 14 0 5 9 0 0 0 14 0 0 14
161 TO 163 PORTSMOUTH ROAD HORNDEAN WATERLOOVILLE 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11
PHILIPS HOUSE HEADLEY ROAD GRAYSHOTT HINDHEAD -17 -17 -17 0 0 0 0 0 -17 0 0 -17 25,27,29,31 & 33(ACACIA HOUSE PORTSMOUTH ROAD HORNDEAN WATERLOOVILLE 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
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LAND AT TURK STREET THE MALT HOUSE LOWER TURK STREET ALTON 52 52 0 16 36 0 0 0 52 0 0 52
ACCESS FROM CANADA WAY CANADA WAY LIPHOOK 20 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 20
GARAGE BLOCK HAROLD GARDENS ALTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ALTON HOUSE HOTEL 57 NORMANDY STREET ALTON 12 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 12
LINDEN 43 ANSTEY LANE ALTON 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 13
GROVE HOUSE HEADLEY ROAD GRAYSHOTT HINDHEAD 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11
RAILWAY HOTEL STATION ROAD LIPHOOK 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 Total 1741 1005 183 244 382 441 247 165 1662 50 29 1741
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NET NET DWLS PERMITTED OTHER TOTAL ADDRESS AVAILABLE DWLS 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2011/2017 SUPPLY UNLIKELY SUPPLY LAND AT CAUSEWAY FARM PETERSFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAND AT PENNS FIELD HEATHFIELDS ROAD PETERSFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
87-91 RUSHES ROAD PETERSFIELD 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 13
SMITHS GARAGE HILLBROW ROAD LISS 13 13 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 13 LAND TO THE EAST OF NORTH ROAD PETERSFIELD 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 ADHURST ST. MARY LONDON ROAD PETERSFIELD 11 11 0 -5 16 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 LAND AT INWOOD ROAD LISS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAND AT LARCOMBE ROAD PETERSFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH EAST OF THE CAUSEWAY PETERSFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VERTIGO NIGHTCLUB 1 SWAN STREET PETERSFIELD 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 THE JOLLY SAILOR 125 THE CAUSEWAY PETERSFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 LONDON ROAD SHEET PETERSFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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READON HOUSE READON CLOSE PETERSFIELD 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 FIELD VIEW FARNHAM ROAD LISS 11 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 SCU LEYDENE LONG DOWN LANE EAST MEON PETERSFIELD 20 20 0 0 10 10 0 0 20 0 0 20 Total 105 105 13 42 37 10 0 0 102 0 3 105
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Appendix 3
Sites in the Settlement Policy Boundary (As at 31st March 2011)
Site ref. Site Phasing Estimated dwelling numbers 2011 – 2016 2016 - 2021 2021 - 2028 South Hampshire HD019 211 Lovedean 0 3 0 3 Lane, Lovedean. (part) HD031 Gales Brewery, 73 0 0 73 Horndean South 73 3 0 76 Hampshire Total
Central Hampshire SDNP BIN001 Holt Leigh 0 16 0 16 House, Back Lane, Bucks Horn Oak. FAR001 Land at 0 30 12 42 Farringdon Mill, Farringdon. LIS014 Kelsey’s 0 5 0 5 Doctor’s Surgery, Mill Road, Liss. SDNP Sub 0 51 12 63 total
North of SDNP AL008 The Vicarage, 0 11 0 11 Vicarage Hill, Alton. AL009 Bass Sports 0 96 0 96 Ground, Anstey Lane Alton.
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AL010 Convent School, 0 12 0 12 Anstey Lane, Alton. AL024 Lloyd’s Yard, 0 5 0 5 High Street, Alton. AL040 1 London Road, 5 0 0 5 Holybourne, Alton. FM004 Windmill Public 0 8 0 8 House, Winchester Road, Four Marks. LIP007 Land rear of 14 0 11 0 11 London Road, Liphook MED012 Land to the rear 0 2 0 2 of the Junipers, South Town Road, Medstead. (part) MED006 Land at Wood 0 4 0 4 field, Windsor Road, Medstead. (part) ROP001 Builder’s Yard, 0 10 0 10 The Dene, Ropley Deane. WHI002 Land South of 0 18 0 18 Pinehill Road, Whitehill. WHI007/009 Land at Lynton 0 10 20 30 Villa’s / Land at Lynton Road, Bordon. North of 5 187 20 212 SDNP Sub total Central 5 238 32 275 Hampshire total
District Totals 78 241 32 351
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Housing Trajectory Appendix 4
Housing Trajectory - Central Area 5 Year Figures
1400
1200 1155 1085 1000 1028 Number of 993 completions/predictions 875 800 787 Annual housing target 736 693 600 651 Cumulative number of completions/predictions 400 in relation to target 308 Number of completions/predictions 200
46 0 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 Year
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Housing Trajectory - South Area 5 Year Figures
250
215 200
Number of 150 151 completions/predictions
100 Cumulative number of completions/predictions in relation to target 50
27 Annual housing target
0 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17
-2 -26 -25 -50
-61 Number of completions/predictions of Number -92 -100 -92
-141 -150 -132
-200 Year
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Central Area 20 Year Figures
1400
1200 1155 1085
1000 1028 1031
875 868 800 787 736 705 693 600 651 542 Number of 400 379 completions/predictions 308 191 200 Cumulative number of completions/predictions 46 -9 0 in relation to target -122 7 0 4 1 5 Annual housing target 7/8 1 /11 12 13 1 15 17 /18 19 2 /22 23 24 2 26 28 0 1/ 2/ 6/ 8/ 2/ 3/ 7/ 10 1 1 1 17 1 21 2 2 2 -2002006/ 20 2008/9 0 0 0 2009/ 2 20 20 2013/ 2014/ 2015/16 20 2 20 2019/20 2020/ 2 20 20 2024/ 2025/ 2026/27 20
Number of completions/predictions of Number -236 -400 -350
-600 -464 -578 -800 Year
Note – these figures do not include the proposed housing allocations in the Joint Core Strategy
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South Area 20 Year Figures
400
288 278 300
224 218
200 158 Number of completions/predictions 100 98 100
38 Cumulative number of completions/predictions in relation 0 -22 to target /8 0 2 5 7 14 16 18 20 /22 /24 /26 Annual housing target 07 0/11 2/13 4/15 6/17 7/28 006/7 1 1 1 1 17/ 19/ 21 23 25 2 2 20 2008/9 0 0 0 2009/1 20 2011/1 20 2013/ 20-52 2015/ 20 2 2018/192 2020/212 2022/2320 2024/2 20 2026/2 20 -100 -26 -2 -25 -67 -61 -92 -141
Number of completions/predictions of Number -112 -132 -157 -200 -202 -247 -300 Year
Note – these figures do not include the proposed housing allocations in the Joint Core Strategy
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Appendix 5
EAST HAMPSHIRE FIVE YEAR HOUSING SUPPLY (2012-2017)
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing requires local planning authorities (LPAs) to identify and maintain a rolling five year supply of deliverable land for housing. To be considered deliverable, the sites should be available, suitable and achievable.
1.2 This paper sets out the housing supply position in East Hampshire at 1 April 2011. It will inform the Council’s Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) for the period 2010/11 and will guide the determination of planning applications where housing supply is an issue.
1.3 Advice produced by Communities and Local Government on ‘Demonstrating a 5 Year Supply of Deliverable Sites’ indicates that the 5 year period starts from the following April after the monitoring date (November 2011). The assessment period is, therefore, 2012 - 2017. The draft NPPF proposes that an additional allowance of 20% of deliverable sites should be available.
1.4 The information on housing completions and outstanding commitments is compiled by Hampshire County Council on behalf of the Hampshire LPAs. This paper uses the information made available in July – September 2011.
2.0 Housing requirement
2.1 The housing figures for East Hampshire District are based on the ‘Option 1’ figures submitted to SEERA (the same as the figures in South East Plan).
2.2 East Hampshire District falls within the Central and South Hampshire Housing Market Areas (HMAs). The five year housing supply assessment is based on the housing requirement figures for these two separate areas.
2.3 In order to satisfy planning policy guidance the housing requirement has to cover the period of 15 years from the next financial year from the year of adoption of the Core Strategy (December 2012). The total housing requirement is therefore calculated to 2028:
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Housing requirement 2006-2026 2026-2028 Total
South Hampshire part: 1,200 120 1,320 Central Hampshire part: 4,000 400 4,400
2.4 The Whitehill Bordon Opportunity remains a strategic issue and a matter for the Core Strategy. The housing figure of 4,000 dwellings for Whitehill Bordon is ring-fenced and so this assessment makes no separate allowance for the Whitehill Bordon area.
3.0 Housing supply
3.1 The Government’s advice requires LPAs to identify sites that have the potential to deliver housing during the following five years. The potential sites are:
• baseline sites allocated for housing in the Second Review District Local Plan; • reserve sites allocated for housing in the Second Review District Local Plan in the south part of the District which have been released by the Council for development; and • sites that have planning permission (outline or full).
3.2 The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) has sought to identify potential sites within settlement policy boundaries. The sites have been assessed for their suitability, availability and deliverability. In principle the redevelopment of such sites would be appropriate and the assessment has shown that many of these sites will come forward in the period up to 2017. However, a cautious approach has been taken to the phasing of these sites and none are included in this early period to ensure robustness.
3.2 Planning Policy Statement 3 (paragraph 59) states that no allowance should be made for windfalls in the first 10 years of land supply from the next financial year from the year of adoption of the Core Strategy (November 2012). This is unless LPAs can provide robust evidence of genuine local circumstances that prevent specific sites being identified. This housing supply assessment does not include an allowance for windfalls.
3.3 Windfalls will, however continue to be an important source of new housing in the District to 2028 and windfalls are expected to make up any shortfall from the other components of housing supply, including extant planning permissions. However, in this assessment to ensure a robust case is
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made a 10% discount has been applied to the sites that have planning permission to reflect the possibility that some sites may not come forward.
4.0 Five Year Housing Supply Assessment 2012-2017
4.1 The assessment of the five year housing supply for those parts of the two HMAs in East Hampshire is set out below in Tables 1 and 2. The figure in brackets indicates the position where the draft NPPF additional allowance of 20% of deliverable sites is made.
4.2 Advice in ‘Demonstrating a 5 Year Supply of Deliverable Sites’ indicates that the 5 year period starts from the following April after the monitoring date (November 2011). There are some difficulties, therefore, in calculating the five year supply. No account can be taken of the housing completions or the number of dwellings coming from new planning permissions granted in the current year 2011/12. This will not be known until some time after the 1 April 2012 when the County Council is in a position to draw together and release all the relevant information.
Central Hampshire
4.3 Table 1 demonstrates that there is a significant surplus in housing supply of 515 dwellings (372 if the additional 20% is applied) in Central Hampshire, largely brought about by the location of Development Plan allocated baseline housing sites within that area.
4.4 The reserve sites in the Central Hampshire part of the district have not been released by the Council and there is no requirement to release them on the basis of maintaining a 5 year housing land supply. The reserve sites in Central Hampshire will, therefore, only be regarded as commitments if they come forward in the meantime and are granted planning permission.
South Hampshire
4.5 Table 2 identifies a surplus within the South Hampshire part of 277 dwellings (199 if the additional 20% is applied).
4.6 In April 2008, the Council’s Development Policy Panel considered a report that identified a housing provision shortfall for the five year period 2007- 2012. In May 2008, the Council resolved to release the ‘reserve’ housing sites as identified in Policy H2 of the Second Review District Local Plan within that part of the District in South Hampshire. This was subject to them being deliverable during the five year period and with no better performing alternative sites having been identified through the preparation
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of the East Hampshire Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA).
4.7 It was concluded that the ‘reserve’ sites are deliverable and no better alternative potential housing sites could be identified. These reserve sites are now considered to form part of the land supply for the South Hampshire part of the District.
5.0 Deliverability
5.1 PPS3 says that to be deliverable, sites should be:
available – the site is available now suitable – the site is in a suitable location and helps to create sustainable, mixed communities achievable – there is a reasonable prospect that the housing will be built within five years.
5.2 The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) sets out the process by which the assessment of availability, suitability and achievability has been carried out.
6.0 Conclusions
6.1 This paper sets out the five year housing supply for the period 2012 – 2017. It shows that for the Central Hampshire part of the District there is a significant supply surplus of some 515 dwellings (372 if the additional 20% is applied).
6.2 Within the South Hampshire part of the District there is a surplus of 277 dwellings (199 if the additional 20% is applied).
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Table 1
Five-year housing supply calculations for Central Hampshire based on Option 1 figures.
CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE (part)
5 year housing supply period: 2012-2017
Note: the 5 year period starts from the following April after the monitoring date (November 2011).
Housing Requirement: Housing requirement 2006-2026 = 4,000 (200dpa x 20) Housing requirement 2026-2028 = 400 (200dpa x 2) Total Housing requirement 2006-2028 = 4,400
Note: housing requirement period is 15 years from the next whole financial year from the year of adoption of the Core Strategy (Dec 2012)
Housing completions 2006-2011 = 1,736 Housing completions 2011-2012 = n/k
Housing requirement remaining 2006-2028 4,400 – 1,736 = 2,664
Annualised housing requirement 2,664/17 years* = 157
* number of years to 2028 based on date of last housing completion availability
Housing requirement up to 2017 157 x 6 years** = 942 (+20% =1,130)
** number of years to 2017 based on date of last housing completion availability
Housing Supply: Housing supply large sites with pp = 945 Housing supply small sites with pp = 350 Housing supply allocated baseline sites without pp = 162
Note: large sites figure adjusted for sites ‘unlikely’ to come forward. Small sites discounted by 10% to allow for sites not coming forward.
Housing supply to 2017 = 1,457
Five year housing supply surplus = 515 (+20% = 372)
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Table 2
Five-year housing supply calculations for South Hampshire based on Option 1 figures.
SOUTH HAMPSHIRE (part)
5 year housing supply period: 2012-2017
Note: the 5 year period starts from the following April after the monitoring date (November 2011).
Housing Requirement: Housing requirement 2006-2026 = 1,200 (60dpa x 20) Housing requirement 2026-2028 = 120 (60dpa x 2) Total Housing requirement 2006-2028 = 1,320
Note: housing requirement period is 15 years from the next whole financial year from the year of adoption of the Core Strategy (Dec 2012)
Housing completions 2006-2011 = 208 Housing completions 2011-2012 = n/k
Housing requirement remaining 2006-2028 1,320 – 208 = 1,112
Annualised housing requirement 1,112/17 years* = 65
* number of years to 2028 based on date of last housing completion availability
Housing requirement up to 2017 65 x 6 years** = 390 (+ 20% = 468)
** number of years to 2017 based on date of last housing completion availability
Housing Supply: Housing supply large sites with pp = 82 Housing supply small sites with pp = 55 Housing supply allocated reserve sites without pp = 530
Note: large sites figure adjusted for sites ‘unlikely’ to come forward. Small sites discounted by 10% to allow for sites not coming forward.
Housing supply to 2017 = 667
Five year housing supply surplus = 277 (+20% = 199)
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Appendix 6
Greenfield SHLAA sites not including reserve sites.
Note: The SHLAA contributes towards the evidence base of the LDF. Policy decisions will be made in the appropriate DPD, not in the SHLAA. The identification of potential housing sites, buildings or areas in the SHLAA does not state or imply that the District Council would necessarily grant planning permission for residential development. Nor does identification in the SHLAA automatically qualify the site for allocation through the Site Allocations DPD for residential or any other type of development.
Alton AL001 Land at Borovere Farm, Selborne Road, Alton AL005 Land at Cadnams Farm, Alton AL015 Land west of Upper Neatham Mill Lane, Holybourne, Alton AL033 Land at Will Hall Farm, Alton AL034 Land at Weysprings, Alton AL001-2 Land adj to convent, Anstey Lane, Alton. AL003-2 Land at Lord Major Treloar Hospital, Alton. Bentley BEN001 Land to the West of Crossroads, Bentley BEN003 Land South of Main Road, Bentley BEN004 Land to south east of Crossroads, Bentley BEN005 Land West of Hole Lane, Bentley BEN006 Land at Crocks Farm, Bentley BEN007 Land east of Crocks Farm Cottages, Bentley BEN001-2 Land east of Hole Lane, Bentley Bentworth BTW001 Land at Ashley Road, Bentworth Binsted BIN003 Land adj to Linden, Fullers Road, Holt Pound BIN004 Land at Clements Close BIN001-2 Land adj to Stream Cottage, Rowledge Clanfield (Southern Area) CL007 Land to rear of 113-135 Drift Road, Clanfield CL008 Land to rear of Trafalgar Rise, Clanfield Chawton CHA001 Land adjoining Winchester Road, Chawton East Meon EM003 Land south of Coombe Road, East Meon EM004 Land east of Chapel Street, East Meon Farringdon FAR002 Land at Crows Lane, Upper Farringdon
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Four Marks FM006 Land at 172 Winchester Road, Four Marks FM007 Land west of Uplands Lane , Four Marks FM009 Land to the rear of 97 - 103 Blackberry Lane, Four Marks FM011 Land at The Meadow & r/o 131 Winchester Road, Four Marks FM012 Land at Blackberry Lane, Four Marks FM014 Land south of Winchester Road, Four Marks FM001-2 The Paddock South of Brislands Lane, Four Marks FM002-2 Land rear of 43 and 43a Blackberry Lane, Four Marks Froxfield FRX001 Privett Road, High Cross, Froxfield Greatham GRE003 Land to South of Benhams Lane GRE004 Liss Forest Nurseries, Petersfield Road GRE005 Land west of Manaccan, Longmoor Road, Greatham GRE006 Land north of Longmoor Road, Greatham Hawkley HAW001-2 Land at Oakhanger Farm, Hawkley Headley HEA001 Land South of The Paddock, Headley HEA007 Land at Headley Nurseries, Glayshers Hill, Headley Horndean (Southern Area) HD006 Woodcroft Farm, Woodcroft Lane, Waterlooville HD008 Land at Lovedean Lane (Site 1) HD012 Land at Chalk Hill Road, Horndean HD014 Land at london Road, between Hillside Ind Est and the Caravan Park HD015 Land at Pyle Farm, Pyle Lane HD016 Keydell Nurseries HD018 Land at White Dirt Farm, White Dirt Lane, Catherington HD020 Land at Hazelton Farm, Horndean HD023 102-120 Downhouse Road, Clanfield HD030 155 Lovedean Lane and land rear of 157 & 159, Horndean HD002-2 Land adj to Church centre, Blendworth Lane, Horndean Kingsley KIN001 Land north of School Fields, Kingsley KIN003 Land at Sickles Lane , Kingsley Lasham LAS003 Land north of Lasham Hill Lane, Lasham Lindford LIN003 Land off Lindford Road, Lindford Liphook LIP004 Land south of A3, Liphook LIP013 Land at Headley Road, Liphook LIP014 Land at Chiltley Farm, 63 Chiltley Lane, Liphook LIP024 Land at Little Boarhunt, Portsmouth Road, Liphook
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LIP027 Land at Church Road, Bramshott, Liphook LIP002-3 Land east of Bramshott Place, Liphook Liss LIS003 Land at Hilliers Nurseries, Andlers Ash Road, Liss LIS008 Kippences, Farnham Road/Station Road, Liss LIS001-2 Old Berry Grove Farm, Farham Road, Liss. Medstead MED001 Land north east of Lymington Bottom Road, Medstead MED004 Land east of Boyneswood Road, Medstead MED005 Land at Benwhyles, Boyneswood Road, Medstead MED008 Land east of Stoney Lane, Medstead MED013 Land east of Cedar Stables, Castle Street, Medstead MED017 Land to rear of Lymington Barn Retail Centre, Lymington Bottom Road MED019 Land opposite Merrow Down, Boyneswood Lane, Four Marks MED002-2 Merrow Down, Boyneswood Lane, Medstead. Petersfield PET001 Land North of Station Road PET008 Land West of Bell Hill, Petersfield PET009 Land South of Paddock Way, Petersfield PET012 Land west of The Causeway, Petersfield PET016 Land at Remount Pulens Lane, Petersfield PET017 Units 1 & 2 The Domes, Durford Road, Petersfield PET003-2 Land South of Durford Road, Petersfield PET004-2 Land north of Durford Road, Petersfield PET001-3 Land at 115 Sussex Road, Petersfield Selborne SEL002 Land to rear of Ketchers Field off Selborne Road SEL004 Burlands, Selborne Road SEL006 Land south of Eveley Corner, Firgrove Road Stroud STR001-2 Land at Ramsdean Road, Stroud Rowlands Castle (Southern Area) RC002 Land at Deerleap, Rowlands Castle RC004 Land at Former Rowlands Castle Brickworks, The Drift, Rowlands Castle RC005 Land South of Oaklands, Rowlands Castle Worldham WOR001 Land at Blanket Street, East Worldham WOR002 Land at Park Farm, Blanket Street WOR003 Land west of Wyck Lane, East Worldham
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