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 (2021) 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 2020 SHELAA which informed the Site Allocations DPD is still available to view, under the SHELAA 2020 heading below.

Latest assessments:

• Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) main report - April 2021
• Appendix 1 - Housing Sites 
• Appendix 2 - Employment Sites
• Appendix 3 - Excluded Sites
• Appendix 4 - Commitments (April 2020)

2021 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

Site Submissions

The Council invited individuals, landowners, developers and site promoters to put forward sites to be considered through the forthcoming update to the Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA).  The SHELAA will be a crucial piece of our evidence base for the District Plan Review which is now underway. 

Sites can be submitted for a range of uses including, but are not limited to: 

• Housing (i.e. affordable housing and self-build and custom housebuilding);
• Specialist housing (i.e. housing for older people; C2);
• Gypsy and Traveller sites;
• Employment; and
• Infrastructure (i.e. community uses, renewable energy).

The most recent formal call for sites closed on the 19th February 2021.  Submissions can still be made but those made after 24^th September 2021 will not be included in the forthcoming SHELAA.  To be considered as a potential allocation, submissions should be made during the District Plan review Regulation 18 consultation (winter 2021/22).

Report

• 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

Parish maps

Albourne

• Albourne Assessed sites map (1008kB PDF)

Ansty and Staplefield 

• Ansty and Staplefield Assessed sites map (3MB PDF)

Ardingly 

• Ardingly Assessed sites map (1MB PDF)

Ashurst Wood 

• Ashurst Wood Assessed sites map (1MB PDF)

Balcombe 

• Balcombe Assessed sites map (1014kB PDF)

Bolney 

• Bolney Assessed sites map (1MB PDF)

Burgess Hill 

• Burgess Hill Assessed sites map (6MB PDF)

Cuckfield 

• Cuckfield Assessed sites map (1MB PDF)

East Grinstead 

• East Grinstead Assessed sites map (6MB PDF)

Hassocks 

• Hassocks Assessed sites map (1MB PDF)

Haywards Heath 

• Haywards Heath Assessed sites map (7MB PDF)

Horsted Keynes 

• Horsted Keynes Assessed sites map (2MB PDF)

Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common 

• Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common Assessed sites map (3MB PDF)

Lindfield and Lindfield Rural 

• Lindfield Assessed sites map (1MB PDF) 
• Lindfield Rural Assessed sites map (3MB PDF)

Slaugham 

• Slaugham Assessed sites map (3MB PDF)

Turners Hill 

• Turners Hill Assessed sites map (2MB PDF)

Twineham 

• Twineham Assessed sites map (1MB PDF)

West Hoathly 

• West Hoathly Assessed sites map (1MB PDF)

Worth 

• Worth Assessed sites map (5MB PDF)