Wigan Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 2011 Update
The primary role of the Wigan Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment is to:
- identify sites within the borough with potential for housing;
- assess their housing potential; and
- assess when they are likely to be developed.
This then enables us to assess whether or not there is an adequate local housing land supply. The assessment has a base date of April 2011 and looks forward 15 years.
The assessment does not represent a statement of council policy; it will provide baseline information to inform the ongoing preparation of the Local Development Framework Core Strategy and future local development documents, but does not in itself allocate sites.
This means that just because a site is identified as having development potential does not mean it will necessarily be developed for housing, or for any other purpose.
The 2011 Update report and the accompanying schedule of sites can be viewed here:
The 2011 update Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment site maps can be viewed here.
Updating the assessment
The assessment needs to be kept up to date regularly as part of the Local Development Framework annual monitoring report exercise; this will enable the council to maintain a rolling five year housing supply in the borough in accordance with the plan, monitor, manage approach to housing supply and delivery.
The assessment will be updated annually, and to accord with existing local and regional housing monitoring procedures, will have a 1st April base date each year.
Work on the 2012 Update will commence in April 2012.
You can also view information on the previous Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (the 2010 update).
Strategic Housing Land Availability Map
