Some significant developments were completed in 2008 and here are some examples:
Pashley Gardens off Amherst Road
43 Earl Street
Tesco at Churchwood Drive
Salisbury Yard (off Salisbury Road)
Dane Road/Brittany Road
Lacuna Place, Havelock Road
Stirling Road Business units
In early January the Planning Policy team will publish a draft version of the Council's Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA).
When finalised, the SHLAA will provide an assessment of the land likely to be available for housing development in the Borough up until 2026. The SHLAA identifies sites which have the potential to accommodate housing and estimates the likely future yields from sites across the Borough. It does not allocate land nor does it judge the relative sustainability of different sites. It is a research document that will help inform the preparation of other development plan documents (DPDs).
Based on information supplied by owners and developers, and our own assessments of sites, the draft Assessment has identified issues which will help determine whether sites are deliverable and developable. In order to improve the robustness and the accuracy of the work undertaken so far, it is proposed to issue the draft SHLAA for consultation for a period of six weeks. The consultation exercise will:
Following the consultation period the Assessment will be amended to reflect this further work and will confirm, with justification, whether sites should be considered deliverable, developable or not currently developable.
The finalised document will inform the submission version of the Core Strategy and the subsequent Site Allocations DPD.
Nearly 1,600 comments were received following consultation on the Core Strategy Preferred Approaches document during May, June and July. Responses to the comments received will be published in the New Year.
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This page last updated: 08/01/2009