Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)

Baker Associates, in association with Enderby Associates, were appointed by the District Council in May 2007 to undertake a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) for Stratford-on-Avon District. The consultants' Final Report was received in February 2008. (Scroll down this page to find 2008 SHLAA update.)

LDF Evidence Base

The SHLAA was commissioned to contribute to the Evidence Base for the Local Development Framework. It was compiled in accordance with Government guidance set out in Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) and the relevant practice guidance published in July 2007. The SHLAA provides information on the extent of potential opportunities in Stratford-on-Avon District to meet strategic housing needs. It identifies and assesses specific sites and broad locations which may have potential for residential development within the period up to 2026.

It needs to be emphasized that the consultants' report is not an expression of District Council policy. The inclusion of a site or broad location within the report does not mean that it will be released for development automatically. As stated clearly in Government guidance, it is for the Local Development Framework to allocate land for development, taking into consideration the full body of evidence together with the outcome of sustainability appraisal and consultation.

SHLAA Documents

Downloads of the SHLAA are available as listed below. The complete document is very large due to the many maps included and download time is lengthy. As an alternative, downloads of each section of the report are available in order to reduce download time.

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment, February 2008 - Full Report including appendices. (Note: This file is 50.5 MB)

• SHLAA Report
• Appendix 1 - Sites with planning permission
• Appendix 2 - Typical site layouts and densities
• Appendix 3 - Table of rejected sites within Stratford-upon-Avon and Main Rural Centres's
• Appendix 4 - Site yield summary table
• Appendix 5 - Opportunity site analysis forms and location plans
• Appendix 6 - Settlement maps
• Appendix 7 - Landscape study
• Appendix 8 - Accessibility analysis
• Appendix 9 - Table of promoted sites on land adjacent to Stratford-upon-Avon and Main Rural Centres's
• Appendix 10 - Table of promoted sites in Local Centre Villages and countryside
• Appendix 11 - Maps of all promoted sites
  Alcester
  Bidford-on-Avon
  Henley-in-Arden
  Kineton
  Shipston-on-Stour
  Southam
  Stratford-upon-Avon A - Site specific sources
  Stratford-upon-Avon B - Rejected sites
  Stratford-upon-Avon C - Edge of settlement sites
  Studley
  Wellesbourne

• Appendix 12 - Past completion rates for dwellings on previously developed land

SHLAA 2008 Update

Baker Associates are updating the 2007 SHLAA. Details of this process are set out in:

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Review - Methodology

The consultants are currently undertaking site visits and assessments. They intend to report to the Council in February and it is expected that their findings will be made available to the public in March. Baker Associates are not able to discuss the merits of any particular site(s) or the findings of the study prior to the publication of material by the District Council.

If you would like more information about progress, please contact Chris Dadds of Baker Associates on 0117 933 8956, e-mail: cdadds@bakerassocs.com or from David Jones at the District Council on 01789 260334.

For further information please contact the Planning Policy team on 01789 260337, by emailing planning@stratford-dc.gov.uk, or by fax on 01789 260330.