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Help identify land suitable for housing and employment development
Posted on 01/02/2012
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RESIDENTS are being asked to suggest land or buildings they think could be suitable for housing and employment development.
Charnwood Borough Council has launched a six-week consultation asking people to tell it about the location of potential housing and employment sites. The initiative is part of a review of its Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). This year’s review is including employment land.
National planning policies require all local planning authorities to carry out an assessment of land and buildings within their administrative areas and their potential for housing and employment development.
This ensures they have taken into account all possible sources of housing and employment land when planning the future development of their local area.
Councillor Mathew Blain, the Council’s Cabinet member for Planning, said: “We are encouraging local people to tell us about land or buildings they own, or feel might be better used, in the borough to ensure that all potential sources of future housing land are considered.
“The exercise provides an opportunity for land and property owners to tell the council about their sites. However, you do not have to own a site to submit it to the council - so if you are aware of any land which you feel is not serving any useful purpose and might benefit from redevelopment for housing, please let us know.”
The assessment is an important part of the Council’s evidence base for the Local Development Framework - a set of documents that guide planning and development in the area.
The submission of a site does not guarantee that it will be allocated for development or receive favourable consideration if an application for planning permission is submitted.
Respondents are reminded that applications for planning permission are determined against the adopted development plan and any other material considerations.
The consultation period starts on Friday, February 3, 2012, and runs until Friday, March 16, 2012.
For more information and to take part in the survey, visit:
http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/urbancapacitystudy.