Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (August 2013)
What is the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)?
The SHLAA is one of a range of evidence base and supporting studies produced or commissioned by us to inform the preparation of the new Local Plan.
The Local Plan will set out the planning policies to guide the development and use of the land in the district up to 2031.
The SHLAA is a technical assessment of the potential suitability, availability and achievability of sites for housing development. The sites assessed through the SHLAA were those submitted to us through:
- the Call for Sites undertaken in Summer 2011
- the Local Plan Issues and Options Report in Summer 2012
- the Local Plan Issues and Options 2 Report in early 2013
The SHLAA was first published in July 2012 and a supplement was published in December 2012. The SHLAA (June 2013) replaced both of these previous documents. We found that the updated SHLAA (June 2013) issued at the start of the public consultation for the Proposed Submission Local Plan did not include some of the most up-to-date information which was used when compiling the Local Plan. We published an updated SHLAA in August 2013. The SHLAA (August 2013) replaces all the previous versions of the SHLAA.
The SHLAA (August 2013) report and its appendices (RD/Strat/120) are available to download:
- Chapters 1 to 5: Introduction, Policy Context, Methodology, Analysis of Housing Supply and Findings
- Appendices 1 to 3: Call for Sites Documentation, FAQs and Questionnaire
- Appendix 4: Approach to the Assessment of Site Viability
- Appendix 5: Assessment of Sites for Gypsy and Traveller Use
- Appendix 6: SHLAA Site / Site Option Summary
Appendix 7i: Assessment of 2011 'Call for Sites' SHLAA sites
- New Settlements
- Rural Centres:
- Minor Rural Centres:
- Group Villages:
- Balsham
- Barrington
- Barton
- Bourn
- Caldecote
- Castle Camps
- Coton
- Dry Drayton
- Duxford
- Elsworth
- Eltisley
- Fen Ditton
- Fen Drayton
- Fowlmere
- Foxton
- Great Abington
- Great Wilbraham
- Guilden Morden
- Hardwick
- Harston
- Haslingfield
- Hauxton
- Little Abington
- Longstanton
- Meldreth
- Oakington
- Orwell
- Over
- Steeple Morden
- Teversham
- Thriplow
- Whittlesford and Whittlesford Bridge
Appendix 7ii: Assessment of sites arising from the Issues & Options 1 Consultation
- Cambourne
- Great Shelford and Stapleford
- Histon and Impington
- Sawston
- Cottenham
- Linton
- Melbourn
- Papworth Everard
- Waterbeach
- Willingham
- Bassingbourn
- Comberton (in the parish of Toft)
- Milton
- Great Chesterford (in the parish of Ickleton)
Appendix 7iii: Assessment of sites in the Cambridge Green Belt Fringe
Site Options
- Broad Location 10: Land between Huntingdon Road and Histon Road
- Broad Location 7: Land between Babraham Road and Fulbourn Road 0
Other Sites
- Broad Location 1: Land to the north and south of Barton Road
- Broad Location 4: Land west of Hauxton Road
- Broad Location 5: Land south of Addenbrooke's Road
- Broad Location 7: Land between Babraham Road and Fulbourn Road
- Broad Location 8: Land east of Gazelle Way
- Broad Location 9: Land at Fen Ditton
Appendix 7iv: Assessment of sites arising from the Issues & Options 2 Consultation
Appendix 8: Maps of SHLAA sites
- New Settlements
- Rural Centres:
- Minor Rural Centres:
- Group Villages:
- Balsham map
- Barrington map
- Barton map
- Bourn map
- Caldecote map
- Castle Camps map
- Coton map
- Dry Drayton map
- Duxford map
- Elsworth map
- Eltisley map
- Fen Ditton map
- Fen Drayton map
- Fowlmere map
- Foxton map
- Great Abington map
- Great Wilbraham map
- Guilden Morden map
- Hardwick map
- Harston map
- Haslingfield map
- Hauxton map
- Little Abington map
- Longstanton map
- Meldreth map
- Oakington map
- Orwell map
- Over map
- Steeple Morden map
- Teversham map
- Thriplow map
- Whittlesford and Whittlesford Bridge map
- Great Chesterford map
There are some consequential updates to figures in the SHLAA and SA summary tables as a result of the republication of the SHLAA. These are listed in this errata.
Earlier versions of the SHLAA are available:
- Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (July 2012) (RD/Strat/520):
- Chapters 1 to 5 with Appendices 1 to 5, Introduction to Appendix 6 and Appendix 7 plus errata
- Appendix 6 New Settlements
- Appendix 6 Rural Centres
- Appendix 6 Minor Rural Centres part A
- Appendix 6 Minor Rural Centres part B
- Appendix 6 Group Villages part A
- Appendix 6 Group Villages part B
- Appendix 6 Group Villages part C