SHLAA North, East and West Wiltshire

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In May 2007, the former North Wiltshire, Kennet and West Wiltshire district councils, together with the former Wiltshire County Council, commissioned Roger Tym & Partners to undertake a joint Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA).

The purpose of the study was to establish whether there are sufficient, suitable sites that are currently available (or likely to become available in the foreseeable future), which could meet the dwelling requirements as prescribed by the draft South West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS).

Sites were assessed in terms of their ‘suitability’, ‘availability’ and ‘achievability’ for housing development, in accordance with the Department of Community and Local Government’s SHLAA Practice Guidance of July 2007. Page 17 of the Guidance requires that in assessing the achievability of sites, consideration be given to issues such as site preparation costs, physical constraints, phasing and build-out rates.

What is the purpose of the SHLAA?

The SHLAA provides information on a range of potential housing sites - covering both Greenfield and previously developed land and an indication of how dwelling requirements could potentially be met. This evidence will be used to inform the Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy and Site Allocation Development Plan Documents.

It is important to emphasise that the SHLAA does not in itself determine whether a site should be allocated for housing development.

SHLAA report

The SHLAA report covering the north, east and west of Wiltshire is available to download below.

• Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 2008.pdf 576kb

Site details and location

Further details about each of the sites that are considered developable are available by clicking on the link below to use the search facility.

• Search for sites

Alternatively, you can search for the broad location of each site by clicking on the link below to view the map.

• View the map

Wiltshire Housing Market Review

The Bristol office of Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) was engaged as a sub-consultant to provide advice on assessment considerations for the SHLAA covering the north, east and west areas of Wiltshire. Early in the study, LSH produced an independent review of the local housing market, to provide a context for its assessment of sites’ achievability later in the study. The LSH report is available to download below.

• Wiltshire Housing Market Review.pdf 309kb

Last updated: 15 March 2011