Evidence and Documents

Council Plans

• Cheltenham Corporate Plan 2023-2027
• Gloucester Council Plan 2022-2024
• Tewkesbury Council Plan 2020-2024

Climate Change

• Cheltenham Climate Emergency Action Plan Pathway to Net Zero

Monitoring

• Gloucester City Council – Monitoring
• Cheltenham Borough Council – Monitoring
• Tewkesbury Borough Council – Monitoring

Site assessments

The Strategic and Local Plan authorities carry out assessments of the suitability of land for a variety of uses including housing, employment and other non-residential uses, and Gypsies and Travellers. These help us to understand the amount and type of development we can deliver through our local plans. To ensure inclusion in the next iteration of the HELAA, please submit your sites by the 28 March 2024.

Please note: The inclusion of land within HELAA assessments has no planning weight and does not in itself determine whether a site should be granted planning permission or allocated in a development plan for development. Assessments made through a HELAA are indicative only and do not prejudice assessments made through the development plan or planning application processes or preclude them from being developed for other purposes. Decisions on whether sites are allocated for a specified land use are made through Local Plans or Neighbourhood Plans.

• Call for Sites Submission Form (79 KB)
• Draft Site Assessments (December 2023) (254 KB)
• Draft Site Assessment Rag Ratings (December 2023) (81 Kb)
• Draft HELAA Methodology (PDF, 571 KB)
• HELAA FAQs (PDF, 253 KB)
• Cheltenham Borough Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment sites map
• Gloucester City Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment sites map
• Tewkesbury Borough Council Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment sites map

Housing

• Gloucestershire Local Housing Needs Assessment 2020 (PDF, 3.54 MB)
• Gloucestershire Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment (November 2022) (PDF, 1.40 MB)

Economic development

• Gloucestershire Economic Needs Assessment (August 2020) (PDF, 7.37 MB)

Retail and city / town centres

• Retail and City/Town Centre Review, Executive Summary (March 2021) (PDF, 133 KB)
• Retail and City/Town Centre Review Volume 1, Main Text (March 2021) (PDF, 5MB)
• Retail and City/Town Centre Review Volume 2, Appendices (March 2021) (PDF, 1.35 MB)

Environment

• Cotswold Beechwoods Visitor Survey (November 2019) (PDF, 8.14 MB)
• Cotswold Beechwoods Mitigation Strategy (May 2022) (PDF, 5.59 MB)
• Severn Estuary Visitor Survey (October 2022) (PDF, 12.9 MB)
• Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership Natural Capital Interactive Map

Infrastructure

• SLP Renewable Energy Study: Stage 1 Strategic Potential, Executive Summary (December 2023) (PDF, 188KB)
• SLP Renewable Energy Study: Stage 1 Strategic Potential, Main Text (December 2023) (PDF, 4.85 MB)
• SLP Renewable Energy Study: Stage 1 Strategic Potential, Technical Appendices (December 2023) (PDF, 791 KB)

Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment

• Sustainability Appraisal (incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment) Scoping Report (October 2020) (6.77MB)
• Sustainability Appraisal (incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment) (December, 2023) (PDF, 2.89 MB)
• Habitats Regulation Assessment Scoping Report (December 2023) (PDF, 6.87 MB)

Transport

• Gloucestershire SLP Authorities Sustainable Transport Strategy Broad Site Assessment Report 2023

Duty to Cooperate

• Gloucestershire Statement of Common Ground (February 2022) (PDF, 287KB)

Existing Evidence

Green Belt

• Joint Core Strategy Green Belt Assessment (September 2011) (PDF, 8.56 MB)

Landscape

• Joint Core Strategy Landscape Characterisation Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis (September 2013) (PDF, 9.44 MB) 

Other

• Cyber Central Vision (pdf, 3 MB)