Evidence base - Housing and employment land studies
Joint Housing and Employment Land Studies
The Council, together with Sefton and West Lancashire Councils
commissioned White Young Green to undertake a joint Strategic
Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). The three
Councils, together with Halton Council also commissioned the BE
Group to undertake a joint Employment Land and Premises Study
(EL&PS). The purpose of the studies is to inform
preparation of the Local Development Frameworks (LDFs) of each of
the districts involved.
The studies seek to identify land and premises suitable for
either housing or employment uses, or a mixture of the two, and
assess how much development each site can accommodate and when they
are likely to be delivered.
The purpose of the reports is to inform preparation of the Local
Development Framework. The consultant’s reports will not
imply any commitment by the Council that such sites will be
considered for development in the future. If a planning
application is submitted for development on any of the sites, the
application will be considered against relevant planning policies
and other considerations in line with government guidance.
Final EL&PS report
The joint ‘Employment Land and Premises Study’ (ELPS) was
carried out by the BE Group on behalf of Knowsley, Halton, Sefton,
and West Lancashire Councils. The Study looked at issues such as
the need for additional business land and the quality of existing
industrial estates and business parks. It had a base date of
April 2008 and was subject to a formal 6 week period of public
consultation between 28th May and 9th July
2009. The Study will be used to inform each Council’s Local
Development Framework.
The final Study and appendices are available to
view on Sefton
Council’s Joint EL&PS webpage.
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment – 2010
Update
Knowsley, Sefton and West Lancashire
Councils are jointly carrying out an update of the Strategic
Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) and recently undertook
a joint ‘Call for Sites’ exercise to update to their Housing and
Employment land studies. This process has now
closed.
Once complete, Knowsley’s updated SHLAA
will be published alongside and used to inform the Core
Strategy “Preferred Options” paper due for public consultation
early in 2011.
If you have any questions please
contact us on 0151 443 2211 or e-mail LDF@Knowsley.gov.uk
Final SHLAA report
The final SHLAA report was produced in March 2010 and is
available to download below.
Downloads
Liverpool City Region Development
Land Needs and Supply - Overview
Study
Knowsley Council is currently (along with 7
other local authorities in the Liverpool City Region) undertaking
an "overview" study of development land needs and supply. Once
completed this will provide a picture of land supply and
requirements for new development (both housing and employment)
across the whole city region.
Contact Details:
Post:
LDF Team
PO Box 26
Archway Road
Huyton
L36 9FB
E-mail: LDF@knowsley.gov.uk
Phone: 0151 443 2211
