Land Availability

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).

The latest assessment has been undertaken and is available below. The assessment demonstrates that there is not a five year supply of deliverable land for housing.

• Five Year Land Supply 2012 to 2017 (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)
• Appendix One 2012 to 2017 (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)

Previous Reports

• Five Year Land Supply (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)
• Appendix 1 Charnwood Large Sites 5 Year Supply 31 St March 2010 (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)
• Five Year Land Supply 2010-2015 (PDF Document, 0.2 Mb)

• 5 Year Housing Land Supply January 2009 (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)

• Table 1 - Assessment of Sites January 2009 (PDF Document, 0.5 Mb)

• 5 Year Housing Land Supply - November 2007 (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)

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, 0.2 Mb)
• Residential Land @ 2003 (PDF Document, 0.2 Mb)
• Residential Land @ 2004 (PDF Document, 1 Mb)
• Residential Land @2005 (PDF Document, 0.9 Mb)
• Residential Land @2006 (PDF Document, 1.5 Mb)
• Residential Land @2007 (PDF Document, 2.2 Mb)
• Residential Land @ 2008 (PDF Document, 2.3 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, 0.2 Mb)
• Employment Land @ 2003 (PDF Document, 0.2 Mb)
• Employment Land @ 2004 (PDF Document, 0.7 Mb)
• Employment Land @ 2005 (PDF Document, 0.8 Mb)
• Employment Land @2006 (PDF Document, 1.4 Mb)
• Employment Land @2007 (PDF Document, 2.4 Mb)
• Employment Land @ 2008 (PDF Document, 2.4 Mb)