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EB056b Maldon District Council Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Volume 2: Final Site Schedules May 2012 EB056b Maldon SHLAA Volume 2 – Site Schedules Introduction Site area (ha): This is the gross site area measured in hectares. If a site has been found suitable and available, it becomes an In many cases, the ‘developable area’ of a site has been used ‘accepted’ SHLAA site. It is then tested for ‘achievability’. as the basis of the site assessment, which is smaller than This report represents Volume 2 of the Maldon District Council the gross site area. This is because some of the site is not If a site is shown as unsuitable or unavailable, it is discounted. Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) considered to be suitable for housing because of, e.g. flood risk, Update 2012. topography or an environmental designation such as a Nature Achievable (H/M/L): This is the viability assessment of the Reserve. site. A site is considered viable if it makes economic sense to It has been undertaken by URS planning consultants on behalf develop the site. The results of a viability modelling exercise of Maldon District Council. Current and surrounding use: This describes the current use of indicate whether a site has high, medium or low viability. If a the site and its surrounding use, if relevant. site is assessed as High, it is above the viability threshold set The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) in the model; if it is Medium, it is below the viable threshold is a technical assessment of sites which could potentially Within Development Boundary (Y/N/Adjoining). The but above the alternative land value; if it is Low, it is currently contribute towards the supply of land for housing, undertaken development boundary is a planning policy designation from unviable. A full explanation of the viability assessments and by URS Planning Consultants working closely with the Maldon the current Local Plan. It designated the area around each results are included in the main SHLAA report, Volume 1. District Council. town and settlement where development is considered to be appropriate. The Deliverable (Y/N): If a site is both suitable and achievable it is The SHLAA does not determine whether sites should be considered to be deliverable. If it is currently showing a medium allocated for housing. Those decisions are made through the PDL (Previously Developed Land) Y/N: This indicates whether or low viability, this information is shown in the assessment but Local Development Plan process. a site has previously been built on or whether it has never been it does not mean the site is discounted. built on. Other ways of expressing this are ‘brownfield’ and This report sets out the results of the SHLAA by parish, and ‘greenfield’ sites. Estimated Density (dph / dwellings per hectare): The density should be read in conjunction with the other two volumes which of a site indicates the most appropriate number of units per make up the full SHLAA report. The three volumes which make Estimated net size (ha): This sets out the ‘developable area’ of hectare that the site could deliver. If a proposed number of up the SHLAA are: the site. See ‘Site area’ above. units has been put forward by a landowner and has been judged to be appropriate as part of the SHLAA assessment, that figure Volume 1: SHLAA report. This sets out the policy context for Suitable (Y/ Yes* STP/ N) This is a key component of the is used and a density has not been included. For sites that have the SHLAA, the method used to carry out the assessment and a SHLAA assessment. Each site has been assessed in terms of not had a proposed number of units put forward by a landowner summary of the findings. whether it is suitable for housing development. The assessment / developer, a site density has been applied. A full explanation has been based on a range of criteria, including policy for the approach to site densities can be found in the SHLAA Volume 2: Site schedules (this report). This sets out the results considerations, environmental designations and constraints, Volume 1. of the assessment of each potential housing site that was impacts on the surroundings, and impacts for potential considered as part of the SHLAA. residents. The full set of criteria and an explanation of how they Estimated Capacity: This is the number of units that could be have been applied is set out in Volume 1 of this SHLAA report. built on the site. Volume 3: Site mapping. This report shows each site that was considered as part of the SHLAA on an Ordnance Survey map. If a site has been assessed and found to be suitable it is Timescale: This is the likely timescale for delivery of the sites. marked with a Y, if it has been assessed as unsuitable Sites have been designated one of three timescales: 0-5 years, The following site schedules contain a large amount of it is marked with a N. If a site is marked with Yes* STP, 6-10 years, 11-15 years or 15+ years. Some of the largest sites information for each site. The following headings have been this indicates it is ‘subject to policy’. This means that it is in the SHLAA span two or three timescales. A full explanation of used to organise the information: potentially suitable but requires a change in development the timescales can be found in SHLAA volume 1. plan policy through either the Local Development Plan or a Site ID: Site Reference. This is the unique identifier code that Neighbourhood Plan. Remarks and justification: This sets out the reasons behind has been given to each site. The reference does not reflect the assessment result, including constraints to delivery, and the status of a site, it is simply the order in which the site was If a site has been found suitable, it is then tested for includes key information which has directly led to a site being considered and reflects the source of a site (e.g. whether it was ‘availability’. found acceptable or being discounted. put forward as part of the call for sites exercise, or from the previous Urban Capacity Study, etc). Available (Y/N): This indicates whether the ownership of a site is known and whether there is some indication that a landowner Parish: This is the parish in which the site is located. or developer has an intention to develop now or at a known point in the future. If ownership is unknown or there is no Address: This is the address of the site. evidence of an intention to develop, it is marked with a N. EB056b SUMMARY TABLE TOTAL 0-15 years Of which Of which Of which (compatible with Parish Dwellings 0-5 years ‘subject to policy’ Dwellings 6-10 years ‘subject to policy’ Dwellings 11-15 years ‘subject to policy’ TOTAL 0-15 years policy) Althorne 47 47 1106 1106 0 1153 0 Asheldham 0 0 12 12 12 0 Bradwell-on-Sea 0 177 177 235 233 412 2 Burnham-on-Crouch 1314 1314 2010 1995 216 212 3540 19 Cold Norton 4 4 119 119 0 123 0 Dengie 0 0 0 0 0 Goldhanger 0 177 109 0 177 68 Great Totham 82 82 724 721 3 809 6 Hazeleigh 0 4 0 4 4 Heybridge 1338 1337 1408 1288 1249 1245 3994 125 Langford 3 3 43 43 6 6 52 0 Latchingdon 37 37 340 340 0 377 0 Little Braxted 0 1 1 0 1 0 Little Totham 0 7 1 0 7 6 Maldon 1054 1033 1960 1397 247 109 3260 722 Mayland 231 3 326 281 3 560 276 Mundon 0 0 4 4 4 North Fambridge 3 3 442 442 0 912 0 Purleigh 20 20 786 786 0 806 0 Southminster 0 11771177 455 1632 455 St Lawrence 0 267 267 0 267 0 Steeple 13 13 0 0 13 0 Stow Maries 0 7 7 0 7 0 Tillingham 0 1 235 235 236 1 Tollesbury 0 1227 584 1 1228 644 Tolleshunt D'Arcy 0 0 287 217 287 70 Tolleshunt Knights 0 55 55 103 103 158 0 Tolleshunt Major 2 2 0 0 2 0 Wickham Bishops 2 2 229 229 0 231 0 Woodham Mortimer 0 131 131 5 5 136 0 Woodham Walter 0 23 23 0 23 0 Sites with planning permission 102 TOTAL 4251 3839 12,746 11,278 3061 2377 20,058 2504 EB056b ALTHORNE EB056b Within defined Site area settlement boundary PDL (Yes / Estimated net Estimated Estimated Site ID Parish Site Address (ha) Current & surrounding use (Y/N/Adjoining) No) size (ha) Suitable Available Viability (H/M/L) Deliverability density (dph) capacity Timescale Justification and remarks Would need to come forward with site 4506 due to limited access to site from northern side. Complexity of access and ownership of access (site 4506) is a potential constraint to development. Owned by housebuilder. Developable area approx. 50% due to shape of 3169 Althorne Land at Main Road, Althorne 0.97 Vacant field Adjoining No 0.48 Yes Yes H Yes* (STP) 30 15 6 - 10 year site, electricity pylons and tree coverage. Good access to main road. Village centre easily Site to the north of Fambridge accessed. Not adjacent to urban area therefore 3533d Althorne Road, Althorne 1.18 Meadow for horse grazing No No 1.18 Yes Yes H Yes* (STP) 30 35 6 - 10 year closer sites likely to come forward first. Site to the north of Fambridge Adjoining development boundary.