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Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment

The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) identifies and evaluates the potential of land for future housing development. It will be used to inform the allocation of land through the LDF process and helps to demonstrate the Council’s future housing land supply

2010 SHLAA
Preparation of the Council’s third SHLAA has now begun, alongside the production of SHLAAs for Halton and Warrington Borough Councils, to reflect the Mid-Mersey Housing Market Area and joint Growth Point status of the three authorities.

An indicative timetable for updating the SHLAA is as follows:

1st March - 9th April:	Call for Sites
27st April:	1^st Stakeholder Group meeting to discuss methodology and assumptions.
May:	Questionnaire sent to sites with planning permission/expired permissions
June - July:	Visit and assess new sites, update database, produce draft report.
28^th July:	2^nd Stakeholder Group meeting and draft SHLAA report published
28^th July - 28^th August:	Public consultation on draft SHLAA report
30^th September:	Final 2010 SHLAA report published

2010 Call For Sites
The 2010 Call for Sites closed on 9^th April 2010 and a total of 10 sites were submitted. The Council will be assessing all submitted sites and results will be presented in a draft report on 28^th July 2010.

Although the official Call for Sites exercise has now closed, the Council welcomes site submissions at any time. The Council will take note of all sites suggested, but submitting details of a particular site does not guarantee that the Council will support or allocate the site for development.

If you would like to submit a site please use the online system or alternatively fill in the Site Submission Form, including a suitable map showing the boundary of the site, and send it by 5pm Friday 9^th April 2010 to:

St.Helens Council
Freepost RLYY-RYXG-HYHS
Urban Regeneration & Housing
Town Hall
Victoria Square
St.Helens
WA10 1HP

Guidance on how to fill in the site submission form is available here. For further assistance, or to submit a site in a different borough, please see the contact details at the bottom of this page. 2009 SHLAA
The final SHLAA 2009 was published in November 2009 and is available to download here. An online interactive map of all the 2009 SHLAA sites is available to view here. Electronic copies of the maps can also be downloaded here (sites in the 0-5 year period), here (sites in the 6-15 year period), and here (non deliverable sites). Individual site maps and assessment proformas can be made available upon request.

A hard copy of the 2009 SHLAA report and the accompanying maps can be viewed at Regeneration Reception at the Town Hall, St.Helens during normal working hours.

Disclaimer: The inclusion of sites within this study should not be taken to imply that the Council would automatically consider planning applications favourably. Although it will inform housing allocations in the future, it will not determine the allocation of land for housing development. It will also not prevent sites being brought forward or allocated for purposes other than residential development. All future planning applications will be considered individually, taking other material considerations into account, and will be assessed through policies in the most up to date development plan.

Stakeholder Consultation
In addition to submitting a site, there are two main ways in which you can currently become involved in the SHLAA update process:
1. Participate as part of the Wider Stakeholder Group by receiving and responding to correspondence about the progress of the SHLAA with any suggested recommendations or considerations put to the Active Stakeholder Group for consideration.
2. Participate as part of the Active Stakeholder Group providing ongoing advice and input into the study and attending meetings to oversee the process.

Contacts
If you have any further questions please contact the following local authority representatives:-
Planning Policy at St.Helens:
01744 676190
planningpolicy@sthelens.gov.uk
Tim Gibbs at Halton Borough Council:
0303 333 4300
tim.gibbs@halton.gov.uk
Halton SHLAA Page
Garry Legg at Warrington Borough Council:
01925 442799
glegg@warrington.gov.uk
Warrington SHLAA Page