SHLAA 2017: London Housing Land Approvals and Allocations

London-wide data on sites approved and allocated for housing development, compiled for the 2017 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment. The dataset is a technical exercise by the Greater London Authority to determine aggregate housing capacity at the local authority level. It forms part of the evidence base for the London Plan, with potential sites remaining confidential.

Use Cases

• Modeling aggregate housing capacity based on identified land suitability.
• Analyzing land allocation patterns for housing development across London boroughs.
• Supporting local plan preparation based on the evidence required by the National Planning Policy Framework.

Strengths

• Data is produced by the authoritative Greater London Authority.
• Focuses on a specific, policy-relevant subset of sites (approvals and allocations).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data.

Provenance

Source

Greater London Authority

Collection Method

Technical assessment of land suitability and capacity for housing.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 12:02:17.758209; freshness should be verified.

Geography

London, United Kingdom