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).

The SHELAA (2020) 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.

Latest assessments:

• Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) main report - April 2020
• Appendix 1 - Housing Sites
• Appendix 2 - Employment Sites
• Appendix 3 - Excluded Sites
• Appendix 4 - Commitments (April 2020)
• Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment Methodology (April 2018)
• Windfall Study 2020

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 and will be submitted for Examination in Autumn 2020. Sites can be submitted to the current Regulation 19 consultation to be considered by the Planning Inspector during the Examination process. Further information can be found on our Development Plan Documents page.

The next opportunity to promotes site will be during a call for sites for the District Plan Review which will be taking place 2020/21.

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