Technical Advice Note (TAN) 1: Joint Housing Land Availability Studies (2006)

The purpose of these studies is to:

• monitor the provision of market and affordable housing;
• provide an agreed statement of residential land availability for development planning and control purposes; and
• set out the need for action in situations where an insufficient supply is identified.

Local planning authorities must ensure that sufficient land is genuinely available to provide a 5 year supply of land for housing. This land supply must inform the strategy contained in the development plan. Local planning authorities should also have regard to the requirement to prepare and provide timely housing land supply figures to satisfy the requirements of the Wales Programme for Improvement Core Planning Indicators and Local Development Plans Annual Monitoring Reports (AMR).