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Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) entry SHELAA/073
Created on Friday 13 March, 2026
Updated on Tuesday 5 May, 2026
Suitable for housing
The suitability of SHELAA/073 for housing hasn't been specified.
Suitable for employment
The suitability of SHELAA/073 for employment hasn't been specified.
Source of site
Local Plan Allocation.
Original references
SHELAA/073 refers to the following:
- SLA18/189
Details of these references can be found on our evidence page.
A:
- REG prefix relates to the Regulation 18 consultation in 2021 (SBLP Issues and Preferred Options (Reg 18) - Details - Keystone)
- LPR prefix relates to our Regulation 19 consultation in 2021 (The Local Plan Review 2021 (Reg 19) - Details - Keystone)
Other reference variations relate to sites submitted before 2021.
Ward and parish split
SHELAA/073 is split into the following:
Ward
- 100% Sheppey East
Parish
- 100% Eastchurch
Site size
SHELAA/073 is approximately 0.76 hectares
Dwellings
The number and type of dwellings SHELAA/073 is able to support.
Greenfield
- developable area 0 dwellings at 40dph
- 23 dwellings at 30dph
- 0 dwellings at 40dph
Wider urban
SHELAA/073 could include 0 wider urban dwellings at 50 dwellings per hectare (dph).
Central urban
SHELAA/073 could include 0 central urban dwellings at 60 dwellings per hectare (dph).
Urban, fringe, or urban fringe
This category has not been selected.
Settlement hierarchy
More information about settlement hierarchies is available in our settlement hierarchy study (PDF 628kb).
Brownfield, greenfield, or mixed
SHELAA/073 hasn't been categorised.
Availability
SHELAA/073's hasn't been assessed.
Achievability
SHELAA/073's hasn't been assessed.
Location
Land north of High Street.
Size
0.76 hectares.
Download
Download this dataset (CSV 1210kb)Last updated Tuesday 5 May, 2026.
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