Charnwood Borough Council - Leading in Leicestershire

5 year Housing Land Supply

Planning Policy Statement 3, Housing (PPS3) states that from the 1st April 2007 local planning authorities will need to assess and demonstrate the extent to which existing plans fulfil the requirement to identify and maintain a rolling five-year supply of deliverable land for housing (paras 7, 8 and 68 to 74).
This assessment has been undertaken and is available below. The assessment demonstrates that there is a five year supply of deliverable land for housing. The assessment will inform decisions on planning applications for housing developments after the 1st April 2007.

• 5 year Housing Land Supply (PDF Document 91.77 Kb.)

Housing Land Availability

Surveys on housing land availability and development are undertaken annually. These monitor the number of dwellings built in the Borough as well as the land which has planning permission for housing.

Leicestershire County Council collate the information from all the local districts and produce an annual residential land monitoring report. The latest available can be downloaded below.

• Residential Land @ 2002 (PDF Document 245.64 Kb.)
• Residential Land @ 2003 (PDF Document 226.51 Kb.)
• Residential Land @ 2004 (PDF Document 1003.64 Kb.)
• Residential Land @2005 (PDF Document 917.05 Kb.)
• Residential Land @2006 (PDF Document 1.45 Mb.)
• Residential Land @2007 (PDF Document 2.23 Mb.)

Employment Land Availability

Surveys on employment land availability and development are undertaken annually. These monitor the amount of land developed for employment uses in the Borough as well as the land which has planning permission for employment.

Leicestershire County Council collate the information from all the local districts and produce an annual employment land monitoring report. The latest available can be downloaded below.

• Employment Land @ 2002 (PDF Document 172.56 Kb.)
• Employment Land @ 2003 (PDF Document 196.35 Kb.)
• Employment Land @ 2004 (PDF Document 666.87 Kb.)
• Employment Land @ 2005 (PDF Document 795.3 Kb.)
• Employment Land @2006 (PDF Document 1.45 Mb.)
• Employment Land @2007 (PDF Document 2.35 Mb.)