Draft Housing Land Audit 2007
Housing Land Audit 2007: Consultative Draft
Each year Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils carry out an Audit to determine the extent and status of the housing land supply in the area. We now have a draft Housing Land Audit 2007, and would like to invite you to comment on it as part of an extensive consultation process, which involves a range of stakeholders including housebuilders and a number of statutory agencies.
The consultation period for the draft Audit ends on Friday 11th May 2007. Please ensure that all comments you wish to make are received by that date. Responses to the consultation will be used to make amendments to the draft Audit and a final version will be published later in the year.
As agreed with stakeholders the format of the Audit report has been changed this year to allow for the inclusion of additional information, and to make the document more user-friendly. Annual completion rates for each site are now included plus details of the status of sites and the Local Plan reference code (Aberdeenshire only). This change to the report represents the first step towards making the Housing Land Audit available online in an interactive format (including mapping) which will eventually dispense with the need for the Housing Schedules document. However, for the 2007 draft Audit, maps will continue to be made available in the Housing Schedules along with summaries of completion rates and some additional site information, particularly the detail of planning applications and approvals.
The consultation documents consist of the following:
1. Draft Housing Land Audit 2007 - Please note that Aberdeenshire is divided up into the Aberdeen and Rural Housing Market Areas. The Audit is ordered by Parish in Aberdeen City and by settlement in Aberdeenshire.
2. Draft Housing Development Schedules 2007 (Aberdeen City) - These provide additional detail on sites in the Audit including planning consents and site maps (draft sites are highlighted in red on the Schedule maps). This document also contains draft summaries of past and anticipated housing completions. Please note this is a large file and may take some time to download. For Aberdeenshire, please see the Draft Aberdeenshire Housing Development Schedules.
3. Draft Small Site Report 2007- Summary of approvals and completions on small sites of less than 5 units.
For Aberdeen City, please email any comments to swilkinson@aberdeencity.gov.uk, or respond in writing to:
Sharon Wilkinson
Strategic Research and Information
Aberdeen City Council
St Nicholas House
Broad Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1BW
For Aberdeenshire, please email any comments to statistics@aberdeenshire.gov.uk, or respond in writing to:
Mel Greig
Planning & Environmental Services
Aberdeenshire Council
Woodhill House
Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB16 5GB
