5 year housing land supply (5yhls)

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These are the questions we answer during the Screen stage.

Answering them wil help us learn more about the 5 year housing land supply (5yhls) consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

• What is the '5 year housing land supply (5yhls)' consideration?

  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 78 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

• Is there legislation that defines '5 year housing land supply (5yhls)'?

  No

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about '5 year housing land supply (5yhls)'?

  As per the NPPF section 78, "Local planning authorities should identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing against their housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies, or against their local housing need where the strategic policies are more than five years old." So, it is the local authority's responsibility.

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

  • Local authorities

• Is the 5 year housing land supply (5yhls) a trigger?

  No

• Is the 5 year housing land supply (5yhls) something to consult during plan making?

  Yes

  • Provide information about when 5 year housing land supply (5yhls) is used during plan making

    The purpose of the 5 year housing land supply is to provide an indication of whether there are sufficient sites available to meet the housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies for the next 5 years.

    In plan-making, strategic policies should identify a 5 year housing land supply from the intended date of adoption of the plan.

    For decision-taking purposes, an authority will need to be able to demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply when dealing with applications and appeals. They can do this by using the latest available evidence such as a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA), Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA), or an Authority Monitoring Report (AMR).

• Is there any 5 year housing land supply (5yhls) data already available?

  Yes

  • What 5 year housing land supply (5yhls) data is currently available?

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      • url: https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/fuub1q3t/cornwall-5-year-housing-land-supply-statement-2024.pdf
      • name: Cornwall Monitoring Report
      • fields: Plan Requirement;5 Year requirement;Plus any additional shortfall;5 Year requirement plus 5% buffer;Total Supply capable of being delivered within 5 years;Supply as a percentage of 5 Year Requirement;Years Supply
      • licence: Unknown
      • coverage: Local Authority
      • publisher: Cornwall Council
      • attribution: N / A

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  No - in order to capture this information we will need to go into each local authority's monitoring report to collate the data, and it's likely to be worked out similarly but potentially with different language.

• Will a data standard be required?

  Yes