Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires local planning authorities to produce a Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA).

In Autumn 2017, the Council sought nominations from landowners for sites which could be considered for housing and employment. This is the first stage of work in the preparation of the Council’s Site Allocations Plan.  The SHELAA (2018) sets out the long list of sites which were nominated to the Council. These sites do not have any planning status.  Including them in the SHELAA does not mean that they will be developed in the future.

The next stage of work will be to carry out a detailed assessment of the suitability of these sites, which will inform a Site Selections Report, at which stage, some sites will be excluded, and others will be considered further for inclusion in the Site Allocations Documents.

Latest assessments:

• Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) main report - April 2018
• Appendix 1 - Housing Sites
• Appendix 2 - Employment Sites
• Appendix 3 - Excluded Sites
• Appendix 4 - Commitments (April 2018)
• Addendum to SHELAA 22 May 2018
• Addendum to SHELAA 5 June 2018
• Addendum to SHELAA 21 June 2018
• Addendum to SHELAA 11 July 2018
• Addendum to SHELAA 19 July 2018
• Addendum to SHELAA 1 August 2018
• Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment Methodology (April 2018)
• Windfall Study 2016

Site Submissions

Online Site Submission Form

The council operates a 'rolling' call for sites, so landowners/developers and agents can submit sites to us at any time.

Work has commenced on the preparation of the Site Allocations Document. To enable technical work to be undertaken on sites, no further sites will be included in the SHELAA after 1st August 2018. The next opportunity to promote a new site will be during the Issues and Options consultation, scheduled to take place in Summer 2019.

Parish maps

Albourne

• Albourne Assessed sites map

Ansty and Staplefield 

• Ansty and Staplefield Assessed sites map

Ardingly 

• Ardingly Assessed sites map

Ashurst Wood 

• Ashurst Wood Assessed sites map

Balcombe 

• Balcombe Assessed sites map

Bolney 

• Bolney Assessed sites map

Burgess Hill 

• Burgess Hill Assessed sites map

Cuckfield 

• Cuckfield Assessed sites map

East Grinstead 

• East Grinstead Assessed sites map

Hassocks 

• Hassocks Assessed sites map

Haywards Heath 

• Haywards Heath Assessed sites map

Horsted Keynes 

• Horsted Keynes Assessed sites map

Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common 

• Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common Assessed sites map

Lindfield and Lindfield Rural 

• Lindfield Assessed sites map
• Lindfield Rural Assessed sites map

Slaugham 

• Slaugham Assessed sites map

Turners Hill 

• Turners Hill Assessed sites map

Twineham 

• Twineham Assessed sites map

West Hoathly 

• West Hoathly Assessed sites map

Worth 

• Worth Assessed sites map

The South Downs National Park Authority directly receives all new Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) site submissions within its area.

More information:

• South Downs National Park Authority - SHLAA