Tracked Version of Core Strategy, November 2012 - Selby District ...

Selby District Submission Draft Core Strategy – May 2011
To be done when finalised: Consequential amendment to reflect changes at
CP1, CP3 and associated text above. (PC6.101)
Appendix 1
Previously Developed Land Trajectory
1. PPS3 indicates that Local Development documents should include
a local previously developed land (PDL) target and trajectory. This
Appendix provides the background information used in selecting a
long-term target for the proportion of dwellings to be constructed
on previously developed land.
2. While the former Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) did not RSS
does not (PC4.45) include a PDL target for local authorities, the
evidence base (which was referred to in an earlier draft version of
RSS 1 .) suggested a target figure of 45% of dwellings on PDL for
the District. Analysis of the Council’s overall PDL Trajectory
reveals that there is capacity for a modest increase over and above
the target suggested by RSS evidence. Over the years 2004 –
2009, the average percentage of dwellings built on previously
developed land is 63%. However, with increasing reliance in the
longer term on greenfield sites to accommodate growth in the three
towns, it is inevitable that this percentage will not be maintained.
Work will continue to be undertaken through future DPD’s in order
to maximise the proportion of allocations using previously
developed land. However, the availability of such sites is often
extremely difficult to predict, particularly in the longer term.
3. In the above circumstances, a practical target of 40% of new
dwellings on previously developed land and conversions is
proposed between 2004 and 2017. This represents a reduction of
10% from that proposed in the Draft Core Strategy as a result of
the Government’s decision to remove garden curtilages from the
definition of previously developed land. Garden curtilages have
consistently provided approximately 10% of all completions over
the last 10 years.
4. There is insufficient information at present to predict the long-term
supply of PDL within the District to provide a meaningful target
beyond 2017. However, the Council will continue to pursue
policies, which give priority to the use of PDL, subject to
consistency with other elements of the Strategy, with the aim of
achieving the highest possible percentage.
5. In a rural District such as Selby, previously developed land is
unlikely to come forward evenly on an annual basis. For example,
within the five years 2004/9 the proportion of development on
1 The Yorkshire and Humber Plan – Draft published for public consultation - December 2005
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