Housing & Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) - 2018 Update Base Date: April 2018 (Published July 2019)

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1. Introduction & Background

1.1 Doncaster Council published its Housing & Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) in December 2016, although the study had a base date of 1st April 2015. HELAA forms part of the evidence base for the emerging Local Plan and provides an assessment of the suitability and achievability of development sites across the borough. The assessment was prepared using stakeholder groups and in line with agreed methodologies. In brief, the assessment shows that there is a sufficient supply of land that could be developed to meet the borough’s housing and employment needs during the plan period. However, at this stage none of the sites included in the HELAA are Local Plan proposals and the assessment is ‘policy-off’. The assessment provides a much larger ‘pool’ of potential sites from which the Local Plan will, in time, draw from as part of the wider site selection methodology. Notwithstanding this, a number of HELAA sites have been proposed as allocations as part of the Local Plan Draft Policies & Proposed Sites consultation (September 2018). The next iteration of the Local Plan, known as the Publication version, will set out which sites the Council intends to support as proposed allocations for the plan period.

1.2 The full HELAA 2015 assessment can be viewed via the following web-link, including the methodology and findings on sites suitability, possible constraints, and estimated timeframe for delivery. The assessment’s main report provides summary analysis of land availability by geography and constraint. A separate detailed sites assessment spread sheet and an interactive HELAA map were also published: http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/planning/housing-and-economic-land-availability-assessment-helaa 2. Previous HELAA Updates

2.1 The HELAA 2015 states at section 3.11 that “The assessment of sites should

be kept up-to-date as part of local authorities’ monitoring report and should be updated yearly. It should only be necessary to carry out a full re-survey of the sites/broad locations when development plans have to be reviewed or other significant changes make this necessary (e.g. if a local planning authority is no longer able to demonstrate a five year supply of specific deliverable sites for housing). Although there is no formal requirement for an annual update of employment (including retail, office, and manufacturing) site allocations, they should be regularly reviewed as and when necessary.”

2.2 In April 2016, the Council published a brief update to HELAA (known as the 2016 Update and the updated spread sheet is still available to view via the web-link above) which reviewed housing sites in respect of planning activity and progress during the 2015/16 monitoring year. For example:

completions on sites and resultant remaining site capacity;

Removal of sites that developed out that year;

lapsed permissions;

new permissions approved during 2015/16 which may be new sites entirely, or changes to sites already in HELAA (such as revised capacity).

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2.3 All new permissions had the agreed stakeholder methodology applied to them in terms of lead-in times and build out rates. All other HELAA sites in the assessment remained unchanged and were not reassessed, unless there were consequential implications to them from the planning activity that year. No ‘new’ sites other than planning permissions were incorporated into the process however. The spread sheet sets out any changes that occurred to sites and why on a site-by-site basis.

2.4 The HELAA 2016 Update managed to incorporate all sites put forward for consideration through the emerging Local Plan as at November 2016. Since then, a number of further site representations, as well as revisions to existing site boundaries, were submitted and the Council was asked to consider them through the next update to HELAA, and wider Local Plan site selection methodology. The Council also published its monitoring report on housing sites for the period 2016/17 (Residential Land Availability Report 2016/17) meaning there was a further year of planning activity on sites to update the HELAA assessment with.

2.5 The 2017 Update therefore incorporated the ‘late’ new and revised sites that had been received, as well as taking account of the planning permission activity during that monitoring year. The update therefore provided a revised summary of land availability for the borough as at 1st April 2017 in line with the commitment in the HELAA 2015 to keep the assessment up-to-date on an annual basis and linked to the monitoring process. Given the Council can demonstrate a 5-Year supply of deliverable housing land1 and the development plan context has not changed since the first HELAA was published, it was not considered necessary to review the methodology or reassess sites at that stage, the exception being those that required consequential amendments in light of planning activity. New and revised site boundaries were assessed in line with the current methodology. Post adoption of the emerging Local Plan, then the context may be sufficiently different to warrant a review of the methodology and sites as part of a more comprehensive future HELAA update in due course.

2.6 Following publication of the first HELAA assessment, a number of fairly minor

factual corrections to some of the site assessment details were identified, for example a site incorrectly being classed as greenfield rather than brownfield. These corrections were itemised on a site by site basis in Appendix 1 of the HELAA 2017 Update.

3. Purpose of this update

3.1 In line with the above, the Council is now updating HELAA (known as the 2018 Update) to incorporate latest planning permissions monitoring from the 2017/18 monitoring year. In addition to this, a number of late sites were submitted to the Council for consideration during 2018 and have been kept on file awaiting to be incorporated into the evidence base. Further to this, a consultation on the Local Plan Draft Policies & Proposed Sites (September 2018) led to a significant number of new sites being subject to representations. In total this amounts to 66 new sites for consideration. In addition, a number of these are existing sites and the landowner/developer/agent has submitted revised site boundaries looking for a more favourable assessment though the Local Plan site selection methodology. This 2018 update therefore allows for such

1 5-Year Land Supply Statement published August 2017 covering the period 2017-2022 available via: http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/planning/monitoring-and-implementation

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sites to be incorporated and assessed/re-assessed as necessary in line with the HELAA methodology for respective land uses. In line with the original HELAA source of sites methodology, a number of existing unused UDP housing (x8) and employment (x2) allocations were incorrectly omitted from the first HELAA; this Update provides an opportunity to rectify this as well, although it should be noted that where such sites are not being actively promoted (or being pursued via a planning application) there remains uncertainty around land owner intentions and therefore availability.

3.2 Further to the above, the Environment Agency publishes quarterly updates to

the EA Flood Map for Planning which tend to be no different in the vast majority of the updates. However, in autumn 2018 the EA Flood Map for Planning (which forms the key data in terms of sites suitability for HELAA) had a significant update published which has changed the Flood Map for parts of the north-east of the borough. In order to ensure sites in HELAA are assessed using the most up-to-date evidence all of the sites have been re-assessed using this latest EA Flood Map for Planning. 4. 2018 HELAA Update – Housing

Permissions

4.1 During the 2017/18 monitoring year, the Local Planning Authority has granted

planning permission for 5,019 units (gross), or 4,962 units net once you factor in residential losses such as demolitions or conversions through change of use. Hatfield-Stainforth has seen the largest number of units granted permission during the monitoring year with 3,244 (gross) units which is mainly attributed to a single very large mixed use project known as Unity (3,100 new homes). There has also been a significant number of units approved at the Doncaster Main Urban Area (511 units) and the two Main Towns of Armthorpe (470 gross units) and Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands with 391 gross units.

4.2 Many of these permissions will relate in some way or other to existing HELAA

sites that were non-permissions previously. The monitoring identifies a total supply of 12,731 units (gross or 12,636 units net) with planning permission on a total of 513 sites as at 31/03/2018, however some of this supply is on permissions 1-4 units and below the HELAA site size threshold therefore; the subsequent findings section just reports on those sites 5+ net units remaining. 32% of this overall supply (4,048 units) is found at the Doncaster Main Urban Area, although there is also a significant supply at Hatfield-Stainforth (inc Dunscroft & Dunsville – 3,995 units), Rossington (1,125 units), Edlington (632 units) and Askern (573 units). Just 1% of the borough’s supply of permissions (169 units) is found at the Defined Villages.

‘New’ & Revised Housing Sites

4.3 Of the late 66 sites received, 55 sites have been submitted stating that they would like housing to be considered either on the entire site or a mixed use site including an element of housing. Of these 55 sites, 48 are considered as being suitable for housing in line with the methodology. These equate to 7,221 deliverable/ developable units in the first 15 years.

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4.4 Of the other 7 sites submitted for housing, 1 is a small site and below the HELAA site size threshold whilst the other 6 sites are classed as being isolated (and therefore not suitable in line with the methodology).

Unused UDP Housing Allocations Previously Omitted

4.5 There are then an additional 8 unused UDP Housing Allocations that were

previously incorrectly omitted from the Assessment. They are still not being actively promoted through the Local Plan process so although suitable in line with the methodology, they are not available at this time so not deliverable or developable either, but have now been incorporated for completeness.

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5. Summary Analysis - Housing

5.1 The following tables (Table 5a, 5b & 5c) sets out a summary of housing land availability as at 1st April 2018. A total supply of 107,302 units have been found through the HELAA as suitable, but this supply involves various constraints. There are 63,048 units identified as being deliverable/developable in the next 15 years across the borough. 12,222 units are identified as being deliverable in the next 5-years, although as ever HELAA is ‘policy-off’ and the separately published 5-Year Land Supply Statement sets out the actual sites included in the deliverable supply which is of course ‘policy-on’ and discounts a large portion of this potential supply. In addition, a further 44,254 units are identified as beyond the first 15 years. The separately published HELAA 2018 Update Excel Spread Sheet sets out a more detailed assessment on a site-by-site basis.

Table 5a: Summary of Housing Land Availability as at 1st April 2018 – All Sites by Settlement

Total Supply

Deliverable (First 5 Years)

Total Supply Developable (Years 6-10)

Total Supply Developable (Years 11-15)

Total Supply Deliverable/ Developable

(Within First 15 Years)

Total Supply Beyond First

15 Years (Not Developable)

Total Supply (Deliverable/

Developable Supply + Supply Beyond First

15 Years)

Doncaster Urban Area 4,046 8,654 4,573 17,273 2,857 20,130

Main Towns Total 4,722 12,959 5,551 23,232 21,446 44,678

Adwick-le Street/ Woodlands

359 995 540 1,894 0 1,894

Armthorpe 739 1,870 1,057 3,666 1,063 4,729

Conisbrough-Denaby 265 1,592 641 2,499 12,582 15,081

Hatfield - Stainforth (inc Dunscroft & Dunsville)

1,960 2,656 1,217 5,833 2,764 8,597

Mexborough 281 946 207 1,435 0 1,435

Rossington 659 1,859 1,045 3,563 5,014 8,577

Thorne - Moorends 458 3,041 844 4,343 23 4,366

Service Towns/ Villages Total

2,593 8,361 1,868 12,822 2,138 14,960

Askern 588 602 101 1,291 0 1,291

Auckley-Hayfield Green 782 1,171 493 2,445 1,770 4,215

Barnburgh-Harlington 23 191 0 214 0 214

Barnby Dun 6 744 92 842 0 842

Bawtry 149 845 300 1,295 367 1,662

Carcroft - Skellow 7 1,133 219 1,359 0 1,359

Edlington 394 879 150 1,423 0 1,423

Finningley 641 1,086 386 2,113 0 2,113

Sprotbrough 0 605 97 702 0 702

Tickhill 3 1,105 30 1,139 0 1,139

Defined Villages Total 861 6,624 2,235 9,720 17,814 27,534

Adwick Upon Dearne 10 0 0 10 0 10

Arksey 0 286 61 347 0 347

Austerfield 170 430 83 683 0 683

Blaxton 0 69 0 69 0 69

Braithwell 43 617 277 936 7 943

Branton 121 953 108 1,182 0 1,182

Burghwallis 0 397 350 747 641 1,388

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Campsall 24 175 75 274 0 274

Clayton 0 613 350 963 16,307 17,270

Clifton 0 38 0 38 0 38

Fishlake 0 124 0 124 0 124

Hampole 0 34 0 34 0 34

Hatfield Woodhouse 396 153 0 549 0 549

Hickleton 39 0 0 39 0 39

High Melton 0 131 0 131 0 131

Highfields 0 350 350 700 819 1,519

Hooton Pagnell 25 18 0 43 0 43

Lindholme 17 0 0 17 0 17

Marr 0 204 0 204 0 204

Norton 0 423 34 457 0 457

Old Denaby 0 46 0 46 0 46

Old Edlington 0 118 0 118 0 118

Owston 8 0 0 8 0 8

Stainton 0 63 0 63 0 63

Sykehouse 0 200 31 231 0 231

Toll Bar 8 210 0 218 0 218

Wadworth 0 973 516 1,489 41 1,530

Borough Total 12,222 36,598 14,228 63,048 44,254 107,302

5.2 Table 5b takes the total deliverable/developable supply in the first 15 years from Table 5.a and breaks the supply down by site type and national policy and/or physical constraint on a settlement basis. Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of the Borough’s deliverable/ developable supply (79%) is on Greenfield urban extension sites to our towns and villages. The next largest supply is found on urban Brownfield sites with 9,045 units or 14% of the total borough-supply. 37% of the supply is on land currently designated as Green Belt equating to 23,029 units. 72% of the supply is on land not at risk of flooding (45,218 units) although there is significant variation between settlements as Thorne-Moorend’s supply for example is almost entirely at high risk of flooding (FRZ3 – 95% or 4,143units).

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Table 5b: Summary of Deliverable/Developable Housing Land Availability as at 1st April 2019 – All Sites by Settlement and Constraints

Brownfield Urban Units

% Greenfield Urban Units

% Brownfield Extension

Units

% Greenfield Extension

Units

% Total Deliverable/ Developable

Supply (First 15 Years)

Green Belt

Units

% Flood Zone 1 Units

% Flood Zone 2 Units

% Flood Zone 3 (a) Units

% Flood Zone 3 (b) Units

%

Doncaster Borough Total

9045 14 3193 5 1054 2 49747 79 63047 23029 37 45218 72 3369 5 14370 23 91 0

Doncaster Urban Area 4117 24 1606 9 18 0 11533 67 17273 6191 36 13084 76 1048 6 3109 18 33 0

Main Towns Total 3714 16 1058 5 19 0 18442 79 23219 4822 21 13638 59 1181 5 8359 36 54 0

Adwick-le-Street/Woodlands

476 25 90 5 0 0 1329 70 1894 1331 70 1577 83 209 11 108 6 0 0

Armthorpe 86 2 0 0 0 0 3580 98 3666 0 0 2203 60 193 5 1270 35 0 0

Conisbrough-Denaby 620 25 28 1 0 0 1851 74 2499 1734 69 2094 84 106 4 246 10 52 2

Hatfield - Stainforth (inc Dunscroft & Dunsville)

327 6 207 4 19 0 5280 91 5833 0 0 3221 55 239 4 2373 41 0 0

Mexborough 372 26 156 11 0 0 907 63 1435 769 54 1280 89 45 3 108 8 2 0

Rossington 1725 48 92 3 0 0 1746 49 3563 988 28 3064 86 387 11 113 3 0 0

Thorne - Moorends 109 3 486 11 0 0 3748 86 4343 0 0 200 5 2 0 4143 95 0 0

Service Towns/Villages Total

1207 9 362 3 444 3 10810 84 12822 5707 45 10473 82 837 7 1508 12 4 0

Askern 493 38 120 9 0 0 678 53 1291 585 45 795 62 488 38 9 1 0 0

Auckley-Hayfield Green 0 0 136 6 0 0 2309 94 2445 0 0 2265 93 56 2 124 5 0 0

Barnburgh-Harlington 0 0 23 11 0 0 191 89 214 189 88 213 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Barnby Dun 6 1 9 1 0 0 827 98 842 0 0 183 22 0 0 659 78 0 0

Bawtry 20 2 59 5 0 0 1216 94 1295 1040 80 1254 97 34 3 1 0 4 0

Carcroft - Skellow 14 1 7 1 0 0 1338 98 1359 1297 95 731 54 99 7 529 39 0 0

Edlington 629 44 0 0 0 0 794 56 1423 771 54 1423 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Finningley 45 2 5 0 365 17 1698 80 2113 0 0 1776 84 156 7 181 9 0 0

Sprotbrough 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100 702 701 100 700 100 0 0 1 0 0 0

Tickhill 0 0 3 0 79 7 1057 93 1139 1123 99 1131 99 3 0 5 0 0 0

Defined Villages Total 8 0 168 2 573 6 8962 92 9720 6309 65 8023 83 303 3 1394 14 0 0

Adwick Upon Dearne 0 0 10 100 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Arksey 0 0 0 0 0 0 347 100 347 0 0 0 0 33 9 315 91 0 0

Austerfield 0 0 0 0 573 84 110 16 683 0 0 626 92 43 6 14 2 0 0

Blaxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 100 69 0 0 33 49 23 33 13 19 0 0

Braithwell 0 0 43 5 0 0 893 95 936 883 94 936 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Branton 0 0 10 1 0 0 1172 99 1182 0 0 594 50 102 9 486 41 0 0

Burghwallis 0 0 0 0 0 0 747 100 747 747 100 681 91 44 6 22 3 0 0

Campsall 0 0 24 9 0 0 250 91 274 250 91 274 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 963 100 963 955 99 954 99 1 0 8 1 0 0

Clifton 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 100 38 38 100 38 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fishlake 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 100 124 0 0 1 1 39 31 84 68 0 0

Hampole 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 100 34 34 100 34 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hatfield Woodhouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 549 100 549 0 0 528 96 0 0 21 4 0 0

Hickleton 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 100 39 39 100 39 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

High Melton 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 100 131 131 100 131 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Highfields 0 0 0 0 0 0 700 100 700 700 100 700 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hooton Pagnell 0 0 25 58 0 0 18 42 43 17 39 43 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lindholme 0 0 17 100 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Marr 0 0 0 0 0 0 204 100 204 204 100 204 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Norton 0 0 0 0 0 0 457 100 457 446 98 457 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Old Denaby 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 100 46 46 100 46 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Old Edlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 100 118 117 100 118 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Owston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 15 8 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stainton 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 100 63 63 100 61 97 0 0 1 2 0 0

Sykehouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 231 100 231 0 0 0 0 19 8 212 92 0 0

Toll Bar 8 4 40 18 0 0 170 78 218 149 69 0 0 0 0 218 100 0 0

Wadworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 1489 100 1489 1488 100 1489 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

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5.3 Table 5c takes the sites from Table 3a that are permissions with a net capacity remaining of 5+ units as at 01/04/2018 and reports on permissioned supply by settlement. There are 12,293 units identified, of which the vast majority (10,119 units) are deliverable/developable in the first 15 years. 6,291 units are deliverable 0-5 but as above the 5-Year Land Supply Statement will make any necessary discounting of this supply based on a ‘policy-on’ position. The majority of the supply beyond the first 15 years is attributed to a single large mixed-use project at Hatfield-Stainforth known as Unity which includes 3,100 new homes. Table 5c: Planning Permissions (5+ Net Units Remaining as at 1st April 2018) Deliverable/ Developable Supply Settlement/Hierarchy & Permission Status Total Deliverable

Supply First 5 years Total Developable Supply 6 - 10 years

Total Developable Supply 11 - 15

years

Total Supply Beyond First 15

Years

Borough Total 6291 2557 1271 2174

Doncaster Urban Area 2364 1195 511 0

Not Started 484 0 0 0

Outline 288 320 0 0

Started 1592 875 511 0

Main Towns Total 2742 1107 700 2174

Adwick-le-Street/Woodlands 270 167 0 0

Not Started 32 0 0 0

Started 238 167 0 0

Armthorpe 366 120 0 0

Not Started 68 0 0 0

Outline 298 120 0 0

Conisbrough-Denaby 203 0 0 0

Not Started 51 0 0 0

Started 152 0 0 0

Hatfield - Stainforth (inc Dunscroft & Dunsville)

1005 470 350 2120

Not Started 42 0 0 0

Outline 662 470 350 2120

Started 301 0 0 0

Mexborough 147 0 0 0

Not Started 42 0 0 0

Outline 18 0 0 0

Started 87 0 0 0

Rossington 357 350 350 54

Outline 280 350 350 54

Started 77 0 0 0

Thorne - Moorends 394 0 0 0

Not Started 216 0 0 0

Started 178 0 0 0

Service Towns/Villages Total 1110 255 60 0

Askern 484 80 0 0

Not Started 15 0 0 0

Outline 234 80 0 0

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Started 235 0 0 0

Auckley-Hayfield Green 115 0 0 0

Started 115 0 0 0

Barnburgh-Harlington 4 0 0 0

Started 4 0 0 0

Barnby Dun 6 0 0 0

Outline 6 0 0 0

Bawtry 54 0 0 0

Not Started 20 0 0 0

Started 34 0 0 0

Carcroft - Skellow 7 0 0 0

Not Started 7 0 0 0

Edlington 387 175 60 0

Not Started 16 0 0 0

Outline 146 175 60 0

Started 225 0 0 0

Finningley 50 0 0 0

Started 50 0 0 0

Sprotbrough 0 0 0 0

Tickhill 3 0 0 0

Started 3 0 0 0

Defined Villages 75 0 0 0

Adwick Upon Dearne 10 0 0 0

Not Started 10 0 0 0

Arksey 0 0 0 0

Austerfield 0 0 0 0

Blaxton 0 0 0 0

Braithwell 0 0 0 0

Branton 10 0 0 0

Not Started 10 0 0 0

Burghwallis 0 0 0 0

Campsall 0 0 0 0

Clayton 0 0 0 0

Clifton 0 0 0 0

Fishlake 0 0 0 0

Hampole 0 0 0 0

Hatfield Woodhouse 0 0 0 0

Hickleton 39 0 0 0

Started 39 0 0 0

High Melton 0 0 0 0

Highfields 0 0 0 0

Hooton Pagnell 0 0 0 0

Lindholme 0 0 0 0

Marr 0 0 0 0

Norton 0 0 0 0

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Old Denaby 0 0 0 0

Old Edlington 0 0 0 0

Owston 8 0 0 0

Not Started 8 0 0 0

Stainton 0 0 0 0

Sykehouse 0 0 0 0

Toll Bar 8 0 0 0

Not Started 8 0 0 0

Wadworth 0 0 0 0

5.4 The following provides further more detailed analysis of the above by settlement hierarchy /settlement level:

Doncaster Borough - deliverable/developable capacity equates to 63,047 units, of which 12,222 units (19%) are considered deliverable 0-5 years. A further 44,254 units have been identified as falling beyond the first 15 years. Of the deliverable/developable supply, 9,045 units (14%) are on brownfield urban sites, and 79% (49,747 units) are on greenfield urban extensions. 37% of this potential supply is on land currently designated as Green Belt and 28% is on land that is designated as flood risk zone 2/3. Of the deliverable/developable supply, 10,119 units are on sites with planning permission (2,174 units beyond the first 15 years), with a deliverable supply of 6,291 units.

Doncaster Main Urban Area - identified potential housing supply on deliverable/ developable sites 17,273 units. Around a quarter (24%) of this supply is on brownfield urban sites (4,117 units) and around a quarter on land that is designated flood risk zones 2/3 (24%). Just over a third of this supply (36%) is on land designated Green Belt. There is a large supply on sites already with planning permission (4,070 units) with 73% on sites that were under construction as at 1st April 2018 (2,978 units).

Main Towns - have a combined deliverable/developable supply of 23,232 units with the largest supply by far being at Hatfield-Stainforth (including Dunscroft & Dunsville) of 5,833 units, followed by Thorne-Moorends (4,343 units). The Main Town with the lowest potential supply is Mexborough, where 1,435 units have been identified. Nearly three-quarters (70%) of the potential supply at Adwick-le-Street-Woodlands, and over half (55%) at Mexborough, is on land designated Green Belt. 96% of the supply (4,145 units) at Thorne-Moorends is on land designated as flood risk zones 2/3, with just 200 units on flood risk zone 1 land. There is a significant deliverable/developable supply from sites with planning permissions at Hatfield-Stainforth (1,825 units) and Rossington (1,057 units).

Service Towns/Villages - deliverable/developable capacity totals 12,822 units, with the largest potential supply being at Auckley-Hayfield Green (2,445 units) closely followed by Finningley (2,113 units), and the lowest at Barnburgh-Harlington (214 units). Virtually the entire supply at Tickhill (99%) and Sprotbrough (100%) is on land designated as Green Belt. A significant volume of the potential supply at Carcroft-Skellow (95%) and Barnburgh-Harlington (83%) is also on Green Belt sites. Over three-quarters (78%) of the supply at Barnby Dun is on flood risk zone 3 land. Edlington (622 units) and Askern (564 units) have by far the greatest supply on sites already with planning permission in terms of the Service Towns/Villages.

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6 2018 HELAA Update – Economic Development Land

6.1 There is a total of 1402 sites in the HELAA which are potential employment sites. After being through the HELAA assessment a total of 121 are suitable for employment use which equates to 4267.56 ha. 22 sites have planning permission for employment or an element of employment which equals 1004.99 ha. These figures are borough wide and are shown in Table 6 below

Table 6: Suitable employment sites breakdown

HELAA Classification Sites Gross Site Area total (ha)

a) Suitable 46 660.921

b) Suitable with National Policy Constraint

61 3371.53

c) Suitable with Local Policy Constraint

14 235.104

(Sites with planning permission) (22) (1004.99)

Total Suitable sites (a + b + c) 121

Overall land availability sites (a + b + c)

4267.56

6.2 There are 99 sites once those with planning permission have been discounted. Of those sites 51 are ‘available and marketable’ or ‘available and marketable but reserve’ (attractive to the market but in a further review of the plan). See Table 7 below. Table 7: Employment sites and marketability

HELAA Classification

Sites Gross Site Area total (ha)

Available and Marketable

44 903.3

Available and marketable but reserve

7 755.75

Total 51

6.3 Table 7 shows that there is a large amount of land to choose from to provide the employment land requirement. Many of the sites are also within the Green Belt or Flood Zone 2 or 3 and therefore the Site Selection Methodology becomes an important tool in decision making so that the most appropriate and suitable sites can be chosen as Local Plan site allocations.

7 Employment methodology

7.1 The HELAA methodology states that ‘Isolated sites are unattached to settlements’. The definition has been refined to ‘significantly detached from a settlement and/or motorway junction’. This results in more sites being available for assessment.

2 The total number of sites includes duplicate sites where site boundaries have been revised due to a new representation being made or planning permission has been granted since a Call for Site was submitted.

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7.2 The HELAA spreadsheet also shows that some sites are classified as ‘isolated’ but are still marketable. This is due to the land owners/agent/developer actively promoting the site for development.

7.3 The categories for assessing the sites have also been amended from the original

methodology, this is to reflect planning practice guidance and that employment sites are treated slightly differently from housing. Employment sites are assessed solely on their ‘suitability’, ‘availability’ and ‘achievability’.