5 year housing land supply (5yhls)
Data about sites where they are expected to come forward to build-out within the next five years
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- 24 January 2025
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Who asked for '5 year housing land supply (5yhls)' data?
Data design - candidate for collecting documents
What is the driver for the request?
Specific user requirement
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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?
- Cornwall Monitoring Report (publisher: Cornwall Council; coverage: Local Authority; licence: Unknown; 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)
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
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Where will or should the data be used?
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).
What other planning considerations does it interact with?
Development plans, Housing and economic land availability assessment, housing delivery test, housing numbers, Local Plans, Strategic Housing Market Areas
Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of 5 year housing land supply (5yhls)? How do we expect them to use 5 year housing land supply (5yhls)?
developers, planning officers, planning inspectors
What are the planning needs for this data?
All LPAs must plan for their local housing need, to identify the number of homes which must be planned for. The 5 year housing land supply is a calculation of whether there is a deliverable supply of homes to meet the planned housing requirement (or, in some circumstances, local housing need) over the next 5 years. 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.
This informs the policies which are developed as part of the Local Plan, which informs all decision making.
Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to 5 year housing land supply (5yhls) data?
developers, planning officers