Melton Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 2014 Melton Borough Council Parkside, Station Approach, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1GH April 2014 i The Melton SHLAA will not be regarded as planning policy. The inclusion of a potential site that is not allocated or does not have planning permission for housing will confirm only if it is suitable, available, achievable, developable and deliverable for development. The decision to allocate or grant planning permission will continue to be made by the Council under statutory planning legislation and with regard to current planning policy. Planning Policy Melton Borough Council Parkside, Station Approach, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1GH Tel: 01664 502386 Fax: 01664 410283 e-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.melton.gov.uk ii Contents 1 Introduction 2 The purpose of a SHLAA 3 Methodology 4 Planning the assessment 5 Sources of sites to be included in the assessment 6 Desktop review 7 Sites to be surveyed 8 The survey 9 Estimating the housing potential of each site 10 Assessing when and whether sites are likely to be developed 11 Assessing suitability 12 Assessing availability 13 Assessing achievability 14 Windfalls 15 Review of the Assessment 16 Housing Supply 17 Sites not considered suitable, available and achievable 18 Findings and conclusions 19 Monitoring and review Appendix 1 Site survey form Appendix 2 Pro forma for sites which are Deliverable within the first five years Appendix 3 Sites which are not currently Deliverable and Developable iii 1 Introduction 1.1 This is the Council’s sixth Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment.