Joint Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
The SHLAA has been undertaken to assess how much land
could potentially be availble for housing over the coming years,
and where this could be located. All Councils are required to carry
out a SHLAA. The study will provide reliable information on
which to base our future planning and housing policies.
Sefton have commissioned the SHLAA jointly with Knowsley and
West Lancashire Councils. The Study has been undertaken
by independent consultants WYG, who have produced the
study on the Councils' behalf.
The SHLAA has followed government guidance,
which can be viewed below:
Final SHLAA Report
The final SHLAA Study Report can be downloaded by clicking
on the following link:
Final SHLAA Study
Report (
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551Kb)
Appendix 1 - Sefton Housing
Market Commentary (,
70Kb)
Appendix 2 - Full Schedule of Site Records (see below)
Appendix 3 - Summary and
Response to Representations Received at Draft Report Stage
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362Kb)
Appendix 4 - Schedule of
Extant Planning Permissions Comprising Sefton Council’s Housing
Land Trajectory (,
217Kb)
Schedule of Site Records
A full list of site assessments have been been grouped by
settlement area and are available by clicking on the links below.
The settlement areas within Sefton can be identified by accessing
the settlement map (, 2.8Mb)
- Ainsdale site
assessments (,
599Kb)
- Aintree site assessments
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901Kb)
- Birkdale site assessments
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1,477Kb)
- Blundellsands site
assessments (,
337Kb)
- Bootle site assessments
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2,591Kb)
- Crosby site assessments
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1,558Kb)
- Formby site
assessments (,
2,793Kb)
- Hightown site assessments
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394Kb)
- Ince Blundell site
assessments (,
227Kb)
- Litherland site
assessments (,
1,438Kb)
- Lydiate site assessments
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814Kb)
- Maghull site
assessments (,
1,569Kb)
- Melling site assessments
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590Kb)
- Netherton site
assessments (,
788Kb)
- Seaforth site assessments
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576Kb)
- Sefton (Village) site
assessments (,
320Kb)
- Southport
(part 1) site assessments (, 1,803Kb)
- Southport
(part 2) site assessments (, 2,033Kb)
- Thornton site assessments
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295Kb)
- Waterloo site
assessments (,
801Kb)
The scoring system used by the consultants
under the headings ‘suitability’, ‘availability’ and
‘achievability’ is provided below. Please remember that the
site's score is not the "be all and end all" - the planning
policies that apply to each site remain the most important
consideration.
The consultants have assessed every site 0.1
hectares in size and above. For smaller sites the
consultants have taken a 10% random sample and so not every site’s
details are available.
How have sites been identified?
Sites have been identified through a variety of sources. The
majority of sites in Sefton were identifed from the following
sources:
- Sites identified in our 2003 housing land study
- Sites owned by the Council
- Sites identified by Officers at Sefton MBC
- Sites submitted to our ‘Call for Sites’ process (see
below)
The three Councils jointly undertook a "Call for Sites" exercise
to inform the SHLAA between 25th October and 13th December 2007.
Submissions to the ‘Call for Sites’ were also re-opened between
27th May and 18th July 2008. During this exercise we asked the
public and stakeholders to tell us about any sites or premises that
could be suitable for development, or redevelopment, in the period
up to 2021 or beyond.
We have taken note of all the sites suggested, with sites for
housing and /or employment uses given detailed consideration as
part of either the SHLAA or Employment Land & Premises Study (which was
subject to a separate consultation during May-June 2009). Sites
suggested for other uses will be considered at a later date as part
of the LDF process.
Public Consultation
Sefton carried out a public consultation on the draft study
findings for 6 weeks between 20th August –
1st October 2009. This followed earlier public
consultations held by Knowsley and West Lancashire Councils during
June-July 2009. A summary of Consultation responses, and how these
were taken into account in the final report is contained at
appendix 3 of the report.
Knowsley and West Lancashire SHLAAs
The Knowsley and West Lancashire elements of the Study can be
viewed using the links below:
Contact Details
Sefton Council
Strategic Planning and Information
First Floor, Magdalen House
Trinity Road
Bootle
L20 3NJ
Call 0151 934 3555, or
email Sefton
Last Updated on 7/15/2010