Annual Position Statement 2022
South Kesteven District Council are intending to submit an Annual Position Statement to the Planning Inspectorate by the deadline of 31 July 2021 in accordance with paragraph 75 of the National Planning Policy Framework; and the Housing Land Supply and Delivery Guidance.
The South Kesteven Local Plan was adopted on 30th January 2020 and the Council submitted an Annual Position Statement in 2020 and 2021. The Council's current Annual Position Statement remains in place until 31st October 2022.
A 2022 Annual Position Statement is a subsequent statement under the provisions of paragraph 75 of the Framework.
The Annual Position Statement will set out the 5 year housing land position statement as at 1 April 2021, and will be prepared in consultation with developers, landowners, and key stakeholders.
Current Consultation
On the 4th April 2022 the Council distributed 'Housing Deliverability Requests for Information' forms to landowners/developers/agents of sites within our housing land supply with capacity of 10 or more dwellings including:
· Sites with extant (valid) Planning Permission (including sites under construction or yet to start);
· Allocated sites within the adopted Local Plan; and
· Sites within the Council's Capital Programme.
The Consultation closed on the 25th April 2022. A template of the distributed form can be found below;
Annual Position Statement - Housing Deliverability Request for Information
Next Steps
The Annual Position Statement indicative timetable is set out below.
Task | Indicative timeframe |
Deliverability form consultation with Landowners/Developers/Agents | 4th April 2022 - 25th April 2022 |
Preparation of Draft Annual Position Statement | April - May 2022 |
Consultation with Landowners/Developers/Agents and Stakeholders on a Draft Annual Position Statement | May - July 2022 |
Submission of Annual Position Statement to the Planning Inspectorate | 31st July 2022 |
Previous Annual Position Statements
Annual Position Statement 2021
Annual Position Statement 2020