Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA)
SHELAA overview
The Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) is an evidence-based document to inform the plan-making process.
The main role of the SHELAA is to:
- Identify sites and broad locations with potential for development
- Assess their development potential
- Assess their suitability for development and the likelihood of development coming forward (the availability and achievability)
SHELAA reviews are prepared in line with the Leicestershire authorities' joint methodology, as well as Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council’s own methodology, which can be found below:
Overall, the purpose of the SHELAA is to form part of the evidence required for the Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Local Plan in line with national policy requirements.
A SHELAA report is not a decision-making document, and it does not in itself determine whether or not a site should be granted planning permission or allocated for development.
Call for Sites 2025
The purpose of the 'Call for Sites' is to provide an opportunity for anyone to submit a site to us to be considered for allocation and future development, as part of the preparation of the Local Plan. This helps to ensure that sufficient land supply is available across the borough to meet our development needs.
Key dates and deadlines for the Call for Sites 2025 include:
- New site submissions will be accepted from 12pm on Thursday, 17 April 2025
- New development sites submitted before 12pm on Sunday, 18 May 2025 will be considered as part of both the next SHELAA review and the current Local Plan review (2024 – 2045)
- Any further new development sites submitted after 12pm on Sunday, 18 May 2025 and before 12pm on Friday, 17 October 2025 will still be included as part of the next SHELAA review but may not be considered as part of this Local Plan (2024 – 2045). Instead, they are likely to be considered in a future Local Plan review
Please note: original correspondence sent out indicated the deadline for new development sites to be submitted to be considered as part of this Local Plan was a Friday. This has been corrected to Sunday, 18 May 2025 at 12pm. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
To submit a new site for consideration throughout the Call for Sites 2025, please complete our online site submission form:
If you would prefer to complete the site submission form in an alternative format, please submit your request to Planning Policy: Planning Policy contact form
Before you complete the site submission form, please ensure you have read our SHELAA methodology.
Please refrain from re-submitting any existing sites already being considered within the SHELAA.
Disclaimer: By submitting into the Call for Sites, you acknowledge and agree that all submitted material may be made publicly accessible, at any time determined by the council. Please ensure that submissions do not contain any commercially sensitive or confidential information, as these will be treated as public documents. The council is not responsible for the disclosure of any information contained in submissions, and you should refrain from submitting any material which could be considered sensitive in nature.
SHELAA 2022
The SHELAA 2022 is the council's most recently published SHELAA review, and the associated documents can be accessed by proceeding to the next section: SHELAA report 2022
The cut-off for inclusion of new site submissions for assessment in the SHELAA 2022 was 31 May 2022.
SHELAA 2024
New sites submitted after 31 May 2022 and before the call for sites closed (27 September 2024 for employment land uses and 31 May 2024 for all other land uses) will be assessed in the next SHELAA review 2024.
Work on the SHELAA 2024 review has started and is ongoing. Updates will be provided when they become available:
- Consultations with key stakeholders have begun
- Officers will be visiting sites over the next two months
- SHELAA 2024 overview maps will be published in due course
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Last updated: 17/04/2025 13:25
