The land availability assessment is a technical study which informs the local plan. It assesses land for its development potential and forms the basis of a list of sites to be considered for allocation in the Local Plan.
Suggestions of sites to be considered in the land availability assessment can be submitted at any time.
Submit a site for inclusion
The register will be maintained and reviewed at least once a year to make sure it is up-to-date.
Sites can be submitted at any time using the form below.
- Site submission form (word 129 kb)
Once completed, please email the form to localplan@easthants.gov.uk.
New sites will feature in the next iteration of the land availability assessment and brownfield register.
National guidance
National guidance on producing 'land availability assessments' is provided in the planning practice guidance section on housing and economic land availability assessment.
The guidance sets out a five-stage methodology which is based on identifying sites and broad locations with potential for development, assessing their development potential and assessing their suitability for development and the likelihood that they will come forward.
The councils' latest LAA methodology is available to view below.
- Land availability assessments methodology 2024 (pdf 521 kb)
Interactive map
The LAA is presented in the form of an interactive map, supported by documents detailing the methodology and summary and conclusions.
The interactive map shows the LAA sites and includes an attribute table containing the required information as set out in the Planning Practice Guidance.
The interactive map shows included sites outlined in green, excluded sites outlined in red and sites with planning permission in yellow.
Use the drop-down list to zoom to a parish or click and drag the map to move to a particular location. Constraint layers can be turned on and off in the ‘map layers’ section at the bottom of the page, and more information can be found by double clicking on the sites.
Call for sites consultation
During our local plan consultation, held between 22 January and 8 March 2024, respondents suggested that every opportunity should be taken to identify brownfield land for development.
We therefore asked residents to let us know of any brownfield land that is suitable and available for development. The call for sites was open from 7 May to 7 June 2024.
- Call for sites responses - July 2024 (pdf 543 kb)
As well as brownfield sites, we asked for suggestions for land for traveller and travelling showpeople accommodation and biodiversity net gain.
The background information relating to the call for sites is still available on the consultation portal.