Borough of Telford & Wrekin

(LDF) Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment

The aim of the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) is to identify sites with housing potential, make as assessment of deliverability, and of how many dwellings could come forward and when. This will assist the Council in identifying the capacity of Telford and Wrekin to accommodate new housing development over the next 15 years, in accordance with the requirements of National Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3).
The methodology for the study that established the SHLAA followed the 'Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments Practice Guidance' published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in July 2007. There are ten stages to the SHLAA methodology, as set out in the Practice Guidance Figure 3.

Figure 3 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Process and Outputs (68k pdf) estimated download time 9 secs at 56k

The site assessment has also taken account of "Land Supply Assessment Checks" published by the Department for Communities and Local Government in May 2009.

This is the first update of the SHLAA, and presents an assessment as at 1 April 2009. The process is dynamic and the assessment will be subject to ongoing monitoring and adjustment as sites are brought forward for development, or updating results in assessment changes. The first report is also available on the LDF - Background Information page.

Strategic Housing land Availability Assessment October 2009 Update Report (437kb pdf)

This report is supplemented by a technical Appendix 1 which provides a schedule of individual sites and their assessment.

Appendix 1: Site Assessment Schedule (kb pdf)

The site locations are shown on a series of maps.

Appendix 2: Site Assessment Maps

Central Telford SHLAA Sites (pdf 3,591kb)
Edgmond SHLAA Sites (pdf 719kb)
Ercall SHLAA Sites (pdf 1,039kb)
Ironbridge SHLAA Sites (pdf 2,780kb)
Lawley SHLAA Sites (pdf 1,458kb)
Lightmoor SHLAA Sites (pdf 3,196kb)
Lilleshall SHLAA sites (pdf 870kb)
NE Telford SHLAA Sites(pdf 1,122kb)
Newport SHLAA Sites (pdf 1,597kb)
NW Telford SHLAA Sites (pdf 2,029kb)
Sambrook SHLAA Sites (pdf 549kb)
The Hem SHLAA Sites (pdf 2,257kb)
Tibberton SHLAA Sites (pdf 547kb)
Waters Upton SHLAA Sites (pdf 865kb)
Wellington SHLAA Sites (pdf 2,884kb)
Wrockwardine SHLAA Sites (Pdf 1,284kb)

Changes in site status or any further new sites submitted since April 2009 will be reported in the Local development Framework Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) in December. Publication of the AMR will be followed by a six week consultation period leading to a revised SHLAA. This will be an annual updating cycle.

A standard pro-forma is available on which to provide new information and sites.

The SHLAA provides a site by site evidence base to inform, in particular, the Land Allocations Development Plan Document. Allocations will be guided by council policy contained in the adopted Core Strategy.


For further information, please contact the Development Plans Team on 01952 384237 or Email.