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Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) entry SHELAA/142

Created on Friday 13 March, 2026

Updated on Tuesday 5 May, 2026

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Suitable for housing

SHELAA/142 has been considered for housing.

Suitable for employment

SHELAA/142 has been considered for employment.

Source of site

Call for sites 22.

Original references

SHELAA/142 refers to the following:

  • CFS32

Details of these references can be found on our evidence page.

A:

Other reference variations relate to sites submitted before 2021.

Ward and parish split

SHELAA/142 is split into the following:

Ward

  • 100% Sheppey East

Parish

  • 100% Leysdown

Site size

SHELAA/142 is approximately 4.11 hectares

Dwellings

The number and type of dwellings SHELAA/142 is able to support.

Greenfield

  • developable area 0 dwellings at 40dph
  • 123 dwellings at 30dph
  • 0 dwellings at 40dph

Wider urban

SHELAA/142 could include 205 wider urban dwellings at 50 dwellings per hectare (dph).

Central urban

SHELAA/142 could include 0 central urban dwellings at 60 dwellings per hectare (dph).

Urban, fringe, or urban fringe

Urban Fringe.

Settlement hierarchy

More information about settlement hierarchies is available in our settlement hierarchy study (PDF 628kb).

Settlement Hierarchy Local Plan 2017

SHELAA/142 has a settlement hierarchy of Tier 4 Rural Local Service Centre, in Leysdown.

Settlement Hierarchy 2020

SHELAA/142 has a settlement hierarchy of Tier 4 Village Service Centre, in Leysdown.

Brownfield, greenfield, or mixed

Brownfield.

Availability

Available.

Achievability

Achievable.

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Potentially suitable

Location

Vanity Village, Leysdown Road.

Size

4.11 hectares.

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Last updated Tuesday 5 May, 2026.

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