Core Strategy Introduction

The Leeds Site Allocations Plan will identify or ‘allocate’ areas of land within the Leeds district for specific types of development, such as housing, employment, retail and green space up to 2028.  It will be part of Leeds Local Development Framework (LDF), which is a collection of planning documents produced by the council to guide development in Leeds.

The main LDF document to be produced is the Leeds Core Strategy.  This identifies the strategic locations that are to receive development allocations, along with the scale of growth that each area will need to accommodate.  The site allocations plan has to be in general conformity with the core strategy.

The inclusion of a site in the final adopted version of the Leeds Site Allocations Plan will mean that the council accept the principle of development that is in accordance with the requirements of the site allocations plan, core strategy and other effective planning policies.
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Site Allocations Development Plan

No.  The core strategy is at a more advanced stage.  The web page for the core strategy contains information on its current stage of production.  The examination into the core strategy will begin in October 2013.  The examination is held in a public forum​

The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) is a list of possible sites for future housing development.  The undeveloped sites included in the SHLAA will be considered through the site allocations process.  The pool of sites in the SHLAA can be submitted by anyone.  They do not have to own or have an interest in the land to submit a site.​

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)

If you wish the council to consider a site, or sites, within the district to be allocated for development, you can submit details by responding to the public consultation.​

Sites will be assessed against a range of criteria that will include: location, likelihood of delivery; benefit to local communities and to the district; impact on existing infrastructure and landscape; impact on the Green Belt; scoring against Sustainability Appraisal objectives; and consistency with national policy and the Leeds Core Strategy.​