Draft five year housing land supply (5YHLS) consultation

Audience: Landowners, agents, developers

This consultation is now closed. It was open from 22 November 2021 to 20 December 2021.

National Planning Policy Framework (2021) (NPPF) requires local planning authorities (LPAs) to identify and maintain a five year land supply of deliverable land for housing.

Planning Policy Guidance: Housing Supply and Delivery states:

"A 5 year land supply is a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide 5 years’ worth of housing (and appropriate buffer) against a housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies, or against a local housing need figure, using the standard method, as appropriate in accordance with paragraph 73 of the National Planning Policy Framework. (PPG para 002)."

This report sets out the availability of housing land supply for the period 2021 to 2026.