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Land Availability Assessment Stage One 2025
A land availability assessment identifies potential development sites and broad locations as an audit of available land and is not constrained by the level of need identified in a plan or strategy. It does not in itself determine whether a piece of land should be allocated for development, it is the role of the Local Plan to determine which of those sites are the most suitable allocations to take forward. A broad range of sites will be needed to help meet development requirements in the borough, for a variety of different land uses.
Stage One Report
A PDF copy of the report and supporting information are available below:
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To view a map of all sites included in the Stage One assessment, visit:
The Stage One report 2025 supersedes any previous versions which are available on request from the Planning Policy Team.
Next steps
The second stage of the land availability assessment will focus on site specific attributes and will result in a more refined assessment of the suitability, availability and achievability of each site to deliver the suggested type of development. The density and capacity assumptions will be reviewed, and revised where appropriate, to reflect the site-specific attributes. The outcome of the assessment will be used to inform the preparation of the Local Plan and will help to inform development options and land allocations.