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Background Papers (Evidence Base)
This page contains background papers (or links to them) used in preparing the Local Development Framework. Hard copies are available on request from the Planning Policy and Projects group, although there is a charge to cover printing costs, which ranges from £5.00 to £100.00 (for the Urban Capacity Study) dependent on the number of maps and colour diagrams involved.
| Housing Capacity Study (Halcrow) This was prepared to estimate how many dwellings the District could accommodate on previously developed land. | August 2003 |
| Housing Capacity Update This updated the above study in the light of actual completions and planning permissions granted up until 31 March 2006. | November 2006 |
 Housing Five Year Land Supply (11kb)This sheet shows the supply of housing land at 31 March 2008 purely from planning permissions. Please note that there may be additional dwellings built within the next five years that do not currently have permission and thus the figures here are likely to be underestimates. | April 2008 |
| Housing Monitoring Report 2006-2007 (99kb) | June 2007 |
| Housing Needs Assessment (208kb) (David Couttie Associates) | August 2007 |
| Strategic Housing Market Assessment (1.66MB)(David Couttie Associates) | September 2008 |
| Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (Stevenage BC & North Hertfordshire DC) | September 2008 |
| Housing Background Paper (1.1Mb) (North Hertfordshire District Council) | August 2007 |
| September 2007 |
| Employment Land Review (Bone Wells Associates) | February 2006 (part 1) and November 2006 (part 2) |
| Town Centre and Retail Study (Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners) | 2004 with 2006 update |
| Transport and Utilities Constraints Report (1.45Mb) (P.J. Moss) | August 2007 |
| Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Study (North Hertfordshire District Council) | November 2006 |
| North Hertfordshire and Stevenage Landscape Character Assessment (Babtie Group) This was prepared to help ensure that future development is well situated, sensitive to its location and contributes to environmental objectives. | April 2004 |
| North Hertfordshire Urban Design Assessment (Urban Practitioners) | September 2007 |
| Strategic Flood Risk Assessment | July 2008 |
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