The Council's Local Plan documents are underpinned by an extensive evidence-base which is kept under review to ensure that it remains robust and up-to-date.

The existing evidence-base consists of:

Housing

• Five Year Housing Land Supply Statement (2021-2026)
• Surrey Heath Housing Needs Assessment 2020
• Strategic Land Availability Assessment (2021)
  • Appendix 1 – Methodology
  • Appendix 2 – Realistic Candidates for Development
  • Appendix 3 – Discounted Sites
  • Appendix 4 – Sites with Planning Permission
  • Appendix 5 – Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation
  • Appendix 6 – Site Delivery Evidence
  • Appendix 7 – Housing Trajectory
  • Appendix 8 – Sites Removed from Previous SLAA
  • Appendix 9 – Local Housing Need Calculation 
• SHMA (Strategic Housing Market Assessment 2016)
• Summary and Discussion of OAN in light of Government proposed standardised methodology
• Affordable Housing Viability Assessment 2018
• Appendix E - Affordable Housing Affordability 2018
• Countryside Capacity Study (2020)
• Interim Capacity Study 2018

Employment

Employment Land Technical Paper Update 2019

• Surrey Heath Employment Land Technical Paper Update 2019
• Employment Land Technical Paper Update Site Assessments

Employment Land Review (2016)

The Hart, Rushmoor and Surrey Heath Employment Land Review (ELR) assesses employment land across the three council areas that together form a Functional Economic Area (FEA).  It refreshes the study published in 2015.

• Employment Land Review 2016 - Report
• Employment Land Review 2016 – Surrey Heath Site Assessments

Employment Land Review (June 2015)

• Hart Rushmoor and Surrey Heath Joint Employment Land Review (ELR) June 2015
• Joint ELR Appendix 1 - Part 1 - Hart
• Joint ELR Appendix 1 - Part 2 - Rushmoor
• Joint ELR Appendix 1 - Part 3 - Surrey Heath

Town Centres and Retail

• Retail Site Survey Background Paper (2022)
• Camberley Town Centre AAP Retail Study 2012
• Surrey Heath Retail Site Survey 2017
• Surrey Heath Retail Study Update 2010
• Surrey Heath Retail Study Update Executive Summary 2010
• Town Centre Uses and Future Directions Study Part 1, August 2021
• Town Centre Uses and Future Directions Study Part 2: Key Findings and Recommendations, August 2021
• TC Uses Study Appendix A: Technical Supporting Information, August 2021
• TC Uses Study Appendix B: Town Centre Interview Surveys, August 2021
• TC Uses Study Appendix C: Household Telephone Interview Survey, August 2021

Climate Change

• Addressing Climate Change through the Surrey Heath Local Plan

Infrastructure

• Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (2019 – 2038)
• Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2012-2023
• Surrey_Heath_Infrastructure_Needs_Assessment_2017
• 25 year environment plan
• Surrey Infrastructure Study 2017

Transport

• 2016 Transport Assessment
• Surrey Heath Strategic Highway Assessment - Part 1
• Surrey Heath Strategic Highway Assessment - Part 2

Travellers

• Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Identification Paper (2022)
• GTAA - (Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment) Final Report 2020
• GTAA - (Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment) Final Report 2018
• GTAA Methodology 2017

Open spaces and Sports Provision

• Green Space Assessment (2021)
• Indoor Facilities Assessment 2016
• Indoor Facilities Strategy 2016
• Open Space Assessment 2016
• Open Space Standards Paper 2016
• Playing Pitch Strategy 2016
• Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report 2016
• Greenspace background paper 2018

Flooding

• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (2021)
  • Appendix A – Study Area Overview
  • Appendix B – Development Locations
  • Appendix F – Areas Susceptible to Groundwater Flooding
  • Appendix G – Historic Flooding
  • Appendix H – Flood Warning Service
  • Appendix I – WFD Classification of Watercourses
• SHBC Strategic Flood Risk assessment 2015 – Vol 1 – Decision Support Document
• SHBC Strategic Flood Risk assessment 2015 – Vol 2 – Technical Report
• SHBC Strategic Flood Risk assessment 2015 – Vol 3 – SFRA Maps Series 1-7 and Series 8-14

Landscape

• Landscape Character Assessment - 2015 Surrey Heath Report
• Surrey Heath Character Areas Map
• Surrey 2015 Landscape Character Assessment - Appendix A - Biodiversity map
• Surrey 2015 Landscape Character Assessment - other maps
• Surrey 2015 Landscape Character Assessment - whole of Surrey map
• Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (2021)

Hart, Rushmoor and Surrey Heath Water Cycle Study

• Hart, Rushmoor and Surrey Heath Water Cycle Study – Main Report
• Hart, Rushmoor and Surrey Heath Water Cycle Study – Appendices

Countryside and Green Belt

• Surrey Heath Borough Council Green Belt Review (2022)
  • Green Belt Review Sustainability Assessment (2022)
  • Green Belt Review – Annex 2: Assessment Findings 
• Surrey Heath Sites Appraisal 2018 - Countryside Report and Appendices 1-3
• Surrey Heath Sites Appraisal 2018 - Countryside Appendices 4-6
• Surrey Health Sites Appraisal 2018- Green Belt
• Surrey Heath Sites Appraisal 2018 - Green Belt Main report and Appendix 1 and 2
• Surrey Heath Sites Appraisal 2018 - Green Belt Appendix 3
• Surrey Heath Sites Appraisal 2018 - Green Belt Appendix 4, 5 and 6
• Green Belt and Countryside Study 2017
• Chobham Village Study (2022)

Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment

• Non-Technical Summary of the Interim Sustainability Appraisal (2022)
• Interim Sustainability Appraisal Report (2022)
• SA-SEA Report IO&PA 2018 Main Report
• SA-SEA Report IO&PA 2018 - Appendices A-J Final
• Sustainability-SEA Report IO&PA 2018 - Appendices K Final

Duty to Cooperate

• Duty-to-Cooperate Compliance Statement (2022)
• Statement of Common Ground - Rushmoor, Hart and Surrey Heath, November 2018
• Housing need across the Hart Rushmoor Surrey Heath Strategic Housing Market Area
• Recent judgement on unmet housing need in adjacent authorities
• Statement of Common Ground - Rushmoor, Hart and Surrey Heath, January 2018
• Surrey Heath Local Plan Duty to Cooperate Issues and Options Regulation 18 Stage, May 2018
• Revised Duty to Co-operate Scoping Framework

Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area and Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG)

• Surrey Heath SANG Strategy

Habitats Regulations Assessment

• Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Surrey Heath Local Plan