Housing Land Supply Assessments

Five-year Housing Land Supply Statement

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires Wakefield District Council to identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide at least five years’ worth of housing against their housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies.

The Wakefield District Local Plan (WDLP) Volume 1, adopted on 24 January 2024, sets out the Council’s housing requirement and provides information on the approach to housing land supply.

This statement provides an overview of the future housing supply in the Wakefield district for the five-year period 2025/26 to 2029/30:

• Five-Year Housing Land Supply Statement 2025-26 2029-30

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment

The Planning Policy and Environment Team last produced a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) in 2019 as part of the evidence base for the Local Plan. This included: SHLAA 2019 Report, SHLAA 2019 Annex and SHLAA 2019 Map. Please note, the SHLAA did not determine whether a site should be allocated for housing development or granted planning permission. It has now been superseded by the WDLP and the Five-Year Housing Land Supply Statement.