Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment), the Council Housing Makes the Following Disclaimer, Without Prejudice
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1 Disclaimer Strategic In relation to the information contained within this report (and any other report relating to the findings of the Cheshire West and Chester Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment), the council Housing makes the following disclaimer, without prejudice: Land The identification of potential sites, buildings or areas for housing development within the SHLAA does not imply that the council would necessarily grant planning permission for residential A development. The SHLAA does not asses sites in terms of planning policy. All planning applications vailability incorporating residential development will continue to be assessed against the appropriate development plan and material planning considerations. For example, a site in the SHLAA may Assessment currently be in use for employment and any planning application to change the use of this site to residential would be assessed against planning policy that seeks to protect employment land and other material planning considerations; 2010 The inclusion of potential sites, buildings or areas of land for housing development within the - SHLAA does not preclude them from being developed for other purposes. For example, a site 201 identified in the SHLAA may still be in employment use and its redevelopment further employment 1 use would generally be considered appropriate; The boundaries that are attached to sites, buildings and areas are based on the information available at the time/provided during consultation. The SHLAA does not limit an extension or contraction of these boundaries for the purposes of a planning application; The exclusion of sites, buildings or areas from the study (either because they were never identified or have been discounted in line with the methodology) does not preclude the possibility of planning permission for residential development being granted on them. It is acknowledged that sites will continue to come forward (particularly small/windfall sites) that will be suitable for residential development that have not been specifically identified in the SHLAA; The categorisation of sites in terms of when they may come forward (short (1 to 5 years), medium (6 to 10 years) or long term (11 years +)) is based on Officers views held at the time of the study. Circumstances or assumptions may change which may mean that sites could come forward sooner or later than originally envisaged. The SHLAA does not prevent planning applications being submitted on any sites identified or excluded within it at any time; The information that accompanies the SHLAA is based on information that was available/provided at the time of the study and there may be some omissions and/or factual inaccuracies which the Council does not take liability for. Therefore, users of the SHLAA findings will need to appreciate that there may be additional constraints on some sites that were not identified at the time of the survey and that planningapplications will continue to be treated on their own merits at the time of the planning application rather than on the information contained within the assessment. Likewise, some of the identified constraints may have been removed since the information was compiled. Issues may arise during the course of a detailed planning application that could not / were not foreseen at the time of the study. For example, the SHLAA may identify a site as having Disclaimer 2 no contamination but detailed ground investigations identifies that it has during the preparation of Strategic a planning application. Applicants are therefore advised to carry out their own analysis of sites to identify any constraints or other information for the purposes of a planning application and not rely Housing solely on the findings of the SHLAA; The capacity identified on the sites either relates to the number of dwellings granted planning Land permission (where applicable) or is an estimate based on an appropriate density for the site in question. Locational and sustainability factors along with issues around local character and general A vailability views on the site are considered in order to make this estimation. However, the capacities suggested in the SHLAA are only estimates and do not preclude densities being increased or decreased on sites, subject to details. Assessment The study has a base date of April 2010 and the findings are only a ‘snap-shot’ of information held at that time. Some of the information held on the SHLAA database is subject to change, for example, 2010 sites that are identified as not having planning permission may have secured permission since the information was compiled, whilst planning permissions may have lapsed on other sites. The - 201 council intends to regularly monitor and review site information and the SHLAA will be updated 1 on an annual basis. 1 Introduction 5 Strategic 2 Methodology 8 Housing 3 Assessment Results 19 4 Review of the Assessment 30 Land A vailability Appendices A Glossary 36 Assessment B Housing Partnership Group - Membership 40 C Schedule of Sites Taken Forward 42 2010 - D Housing Trajectory 91 201 E Schedule of Discounted Sites 92 1 F Schedule of Discounted Green Belt Sites 121 G Discounted Sites: Ward Maps 128 List of Tables Table 2.1 Key Dates 10 Table 2.2 Housing density 12 Table 2.3 Estimating net developable site area 13 Table 2.4 Delivery timeframe assumptions 16 Table 3.1 Overall Capacity Identified in the Borough 19 Table 3.2 Capacity of sites within the planning process 20 Table 3.3 Capacity of sites outside the planning process 21 Table 3.4 Historical Small Site Completions 21 Table 3.5 Total Potential Housing Capacity 22 Table 3.6 Housing Potential: Results by Ward 22 Table 3.7 Greenfield Land and PDL Breakdown 26 Table 3.8 Five Year Housing Supply Calculation 27 Table 3.9 Estimated Housing Potential on Identified Green Belt Sites 28 Table 4.1 Housing Land Capacity Across the Plan Period 30 Table 4.2 5 Year Housing Requirement and Land Supply (2010/11 - 2014/15) 31 Table 4.3 Ten Year Housing Requirement and Supply (2010/11 - 2019/20) 31 Table 4.4 15 Year Housing Requirement and Supply (2010/11 - 2024/25) 32 Contents Strategic List of Figures Housing Figure 2.1 Strategic Housing Land Availability Methodology Diagram 8 Land Figure 3.1 Total Number of Sites and Gross Area By Ward 24 Figure 3.2 Total Potential Capacity By Ward 25 A vailability Figure 4.1 Housing Trajectory Chart 33 Assessment 2010 - 201 1 5 1: Introduction Strategic 1.1 Local Authorities have a requirement under Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (PPS3), to demonstrate a sufficient supply of potential sites suitable for residential development, to meet Housing local housing requirements. The SHLAA is the main mechanism through which the Council will identify a deliverable and developable supply of sites. Land 1.2 The key functions of a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment are to: A vailability Identify sites with the potential for housing development; Assess sites for their housing potential; and Assessment Assess when a site is likely to be developed. Aims and Objectives 2010 1.3 The SHLAA will demonstrate whether the Council has a sufficient supply of deliverable and - developable sites for housing in order to meet agreed targets for the Borough. Please refer to 201 Planning Policy Context for details of the Council’s housing delivery targets. 1 1.4 The key objectives of the SHLAA are to: Assess land availability in the Borough by identifying buildings or areas of land (including previously developed land and Greenfield) that have development potential for housing; Assess the potential level of housing (capacity) that could be provided on each site; Identify any constraints that might make a particular site unavailable and/or inviable for development; and Assess which sites are likely to be deliverable and which are likely to be developable 1.5 This is the first SHLAA produced by Cheshire West and Chester Council, and covers the period 2010 to 2027.The base date for this assessment is 1 April 2010 and it will be updated on an annual basis to take account of changing circumstances in planning permissions, constraints and land use. 1.6 This report outlines the planning policy context, details of the methodology adopted and the Council’s current strategic housing land supply. The report has been prepared through a partnership approach with a Housing Partnership Group and the Cheshire West and Chester Growth Point Team. Details of the membership of the Housing Partnership Group can be found in Appendix B: 'Housing Partnership Group - Membership' at the back of this document. The SHLAA is a factual document and forms part of the evidence base for the development of the Local Development Framework. 1: Introduction 6 PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT Strategic Regional Spatial Strategies(i) Housing 1.7 The Regional Spatial Strategy for the North West (The North West Plan) sets requirements for the delivery of new housing for each District / Borough in the Region. Since the adoption of the Land The North West Plan, the unitary Council of Cheshire West and Chester was formed. In agreement A with the Government Office for the North West, the housing requirement for each of the former vailability authorities (Chester City Council, Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council, and Vale Royal Borough Council) has been aggregated in order to achieve a single requirement figure for the new Assessment authority. 1.8 The housing requirement for Cheshire West and Chester at present is 1317 net additional dwellings per year. 2010 Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (June 2010) - 201 1 1.9 Planning Policy Statement (PPS)3 highlights the Government’s objective for everybody to have access to a decent home, noting that there is a need to provide greater choice in housing to ensure that needs of all of our communities are met.