Agenda item

This report seeks to inform Members of the interim results of the draft 2022 East Devon Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA).

The Chair addressed the Committee and apologised for the lateness of the appendices and highlighted the information in the report was merely to note.

The Service Lead – Planning Strategy and Development Management presented the report that detailed the interim results of the draft 2022 East Devon Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) Part 1.  It was confirmed that through the HELAA assessment 339 sites that were available and suitable had been identified so far. This included the sites submitted in the 2021 call for sites and the 2017 call for sites with a potential capacity of around 31,000 homes across the district.

Strategic Planning Committee Members noted the contents of the report and also noted Part 2 would be brought to Committee late summer/early autumn.