HELAA, brownfield land and self build registers
The Housing & Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) is one of several technical reports that we are required to produce to underpin the Local Plan.
The HELAA is a technical and theoretical assessment of sites that could potentially contribute towards the future supply of housing and employment land within the Local Planning Authority Area (LPAA). As a consequence, the HELAA does not set policy, but provides background evidence on the potential availability of sites.
The identification of sites in the HELAA should not be seen as an intention to allocate these sites for development, or that planning permission will be granted.
A review of the HELAA was undertaken in 2021 (the results of which can be seen below). However, we are required to keep the assessment under review and are currently examining the information contained within it.