The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)  - 2008

The final report for the Swindon Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) - 2008 has been completed. The assessment identifies potential housing capacity sites and assesses whether such sites are deliverable or developable for housing. The findings will be used as evidence to demonstrate a 5 - year supply of housing on deliverable sites and a supply of developable sites for longer term. The SHLAA will form a technical evidence base within the Local Development Framework (LDF) and inform the Submission Draft of the Core Strategy and the development of the Site Allocations Development Plan Document (DPD).

The purpose of the SHLAA is to provide an assessment of housing land availability, and the identification of sites should not be taken as representing either an intention to allocate these sites for housing, or as material planning consideration in the determination of a planning application.

The Swindon Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) - 2008 is available for public consultation from 9 March 2009 to 20 April 2009 (6 weeks) and can be downloaded below. Comments or representations on the SHLAA should be submitted to the Council within the above time period and will be considered as part of the Site Allocations Development Plan Document (DPD).

Swindon Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) 2008 (173 kb)

Appendix 1: National, Regional and Local Planning policy Context (26 kb)

Appendix 2: Urban Area Map (1.49 Mb)

Appendix 3: Primary Rural Settlment Map (1.68 Mb)

Appendix 4: Secondary Rural Settlement Map (1.64 Mb)

Appendix 5: Site Survey Pro Forma (28 kb)

Appendix 6: SHLAA Site Assessments by Ward:

• Abbey Meads (178 kb)
• Blunsdon Pt 1 (2.43 Mb)
• Blunsdon Pt 2 (1.39 Mb)
• Central (1.01 Mb)
• Covingham and Nythe (224 kb)
• Dorcan (188 kb)
• Eastcott (890 kb)
• Freshbrook and Grange Park (521 kb)
• Gorse Hill and Pinehurst (1.03 Mb)
• Haydon Wick (200 kb)
• Highworth (881 kb)
• Moredon (450 kb)
• Old Town and Lawn (1.65 Mb)
• Parks Pt 1(1.76 Mb)
• Parks Pt 2 (1.44 Mb)
• Penhill (1.36 Mb)
• Ridgeway (2.02 Mb)
• Shaw and Nine Elms (401 kb)
• St Margaret (1.88 Mb)
• St Philip (588 kb)
• Toothill and Westlea (534 kb)
• Walcot (221 kb)
• Western (619 kb)
• Wroughton and Chiseldon Pt 1(1.18 Mb)
• Wroughton and Chiseldon Pt 2 (919 kb)
• Growth Areas (1.13 Mb)
• Sites with Planning Permission Pt 1 (2.5 Mb)
• Sites with Planning Permission Pt 2 (2.5 Mb)

Appendix 7: Use Class Classification (22 kb)

Appendix 8: Site Suitability Matrix (27 kb)

Appendix 9: Availability Matrix (21 kb)

Assessing Achievability for Housing in the Swindon Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 2008, as undertaken by Alder King can be viewed as a hard copy, please Contact Forward Planning for further details.

Make a Comment

You can make a comment using our online form:

Online Comment Form

Alternatively, a paper form is available as a downloadable PDF file:

Comment Form (33 kb)

SHLAA Methodology

The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Methodology used to inform the Swindon Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment  - 2008 can be downloaded below.

Housing Land Availability Assessment Methodology (129 kb)

Appendix 1: Swindon Urban Area Boundary (1.69 Mb)

Appendix 2: Primary Rural Settlment Boundaries (1.68 Mb)

Appendix 3: Secondary Rural Settlement Boundaries (1.64 Mb)

Comments and Responses to draft SHLAA Methodology (53 kb)

This web page was updated on Monday 9 March 2009.