Information for Interested Parties

Knowsley Council is inviting interested parties to submit suggestions for new housing development as part of the Knowsley 2024 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). The primary role of the SHLAA is to identify sites with potential for housing and assess when they are likely to be developed. This enables the Council to assess whether there is an adequate local housing land supply. The SHLAA is not a statement of Council policy, it does not allocate sites for housing, and it does not signify the start of a new Local Plan.

Interested parties can submit sites they consider suitable for housing through the Council’s Call for Sites exercise by completing a Call for Sites Form and including a location plan of the site considered suitable for housing. Only sites submitted from 8 May to 5pm on 1 June 2024 will be considered as part of the 2024 SHLAA.

The Council will give due consideration to all sites put forward, but they will be assessed against planning policy and other relevant planning considerations. Submitting details of a particular site does not guarantee that the Council will include the site in the SHLAA and the Council’s housing supply.

The Council undertakes a SHLAA annually and to foster this approach the Council will accept site suggestions for new housing development from invites interested parties after 1 June 2024 for consideration in the 2025 SHLAA update.

Interested parties can submit sites by emailing a Call for Sites Form and a location plan to localplan@knowsley.gov.uk or by posting them to the following address: Planning Policy Team, Knowsley Council, Huyton Library, Civic Way, Huyton, Knowsley, L36 6GD.