Planning and Development Act 2024
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Obligation to prepare housing development strategy where planning authority’s functional area consists solely of city | ||
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47. (1) A planning authority whose functional area consists solely of a city shall prepare a housing development strategy which— | ||
(a) distributes planned population and housing growth within the city, | ||
(b) identifies the spatial capacity of different areas of the city to accommodate planned population, and | ||
(c) prioritises infrastructural investment necessary for housing development. | ||
(2) A housing development strategy prepared under subsection (1) shall be materially consistent with the housing strategy prepared under section 242 . | ||
(3) The housing development strategy shall include: | ||
(a) population and housing growth targets for the city for the period to which the development plan relates; | ||
(b) the number of housing units permitted under existing permissions but not yet built and the expected timeframe within which those units will be completed; | ||
(c) an analysis of vacant and derelict land or sites within the area and an estimation of the number of housing units that could be activated from the land or sites; | ||
(d) a strategy to activate vacant and derelict land or sites into housing units; | ||
(e) a statement, with accompanying tables and maps— | ||
(i) which estimates the land required to be zoned for residential use or a mix of residential and other uses to ensure that sufficient and suitable land is zoned, and | ||
(ii) which identifies land that is suitable for significant development for residential use or a mixture of residential and other uses over the period of the development plan, including in particular an estimate of the capacity of each of the following to accommodate development for residential use or a mixture of residential and other uses during the period to which the development plan relates and targets as to the amount of housing to be provided within each of the following during that period: | ||
(I) any long-term strategic development sites; | ||
(II) any area within the city designated for the preparation of a coordinated area plan, priority area plan or urban area plan; | ||
(III) any compact urban development sites identified as suitable for development for residential use or a mixture of residential and other uses; | ||
(IV) any greenfield site identified as suitable for development for residential use or a mixture of residential and other uses; | ||
(f) identification of existing capacity, and planned investment in capacity, in transport (including, in particular, transport infrastructure), community facilities, water services, utility infrastructure and any other necessary public infrastructural facilities and services; | ||
(g) where subsection (6) applies in respect of part of the city, a statement specifying that a priority area plan is required in respect of that part of the city; | ||
(h) objectives to secure the implementation of the housing strategy, in particular, any of the matters referred to in subsection (5) of section 242 , including objectives requiring that a specified percentage of land zoned solely for residential use, or for a mixture of residential and other uses, be made available for the provision of housing of the types referred to in paragraph (f) of subsection (5) and subsection (6) of section 242 ; | ||
(i) objectives regarding the provision of accommodation for members of the traveller community and the use of particular areas for that purpose; | ||
(j) objectives relating to the monitoring of the implementation of the strategy; | ||
(k) objectives relating to such other matters as may be prescribed. | ||
(4) The housing development strategy may: | ||
(a) include specific objectives as referred to in paragraph (h) of subsection (3) in respect of each area zoned for residential use, or for a mixture of residential and other uses, and, where required by local circumstances relating to the amount of housing required as estimated in the housing strategy under subsection (6) of section 242 , different specific objectives may be indicated in respect of different areas, subject to the specified percentage referred to in subsection (10) of section 242 not being exceeded; | ||
(b) indicate in respect of any particular area referred to in paragraph (a) that there is no requirement for housing referred to in subsection (6) of section 242 in respect of that area, or that a lower percentage than that specified in the housing strategy may instead be required in order to counteract undue segregation in housing between persons of different social backgrounds. | ||
(5) Nothing in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) or paragraph (h) of subsection (3), subsection (4), or section 245 or 253 shall prevent any land zoned for residential use or a mix of residential and other uses being developed exclusively for housing of the types referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 242 . | ||
(6) This subsection applies in respect of part of the city where the part concerned is situated within the functional area of the planning authority and— | ||
(a) may be the subject of significant physical or population growth relative to the scale of the expected physical or population growth of the city as a whole, | ||
(b) is in need of physical, social or economic renewal, or | ||
(c) requires the coordinated delivery of physical or other infrastructure that cannot otherwise be provided for in settlement-specific objectives included in the development plan in accordance with subsection (2) of section 52 for the part of the city concerned. | ||
(7) In this section, “greenfield site” means land that has not previously been built upon. |