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Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) entry SHELAA/225
Created on Friday 13 March, 2026
Updated on Tuesday 5 May, 2026
Suitable for housing
SHELAA/225 has been considered for housing.
Suitable for employment
SHELAA/225 has been considered for employment.
Source of site
New Settlement.
Original references
SHELAA/225 refers to the following:
- SLA18/225
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/225 is split into the following:
Ward
- 61.78% West Downs
- 30.96% Teynham and Lynsted
- 4.84% Woodstock
- 2.25% Roman
- 0.16% Murston
Parish
- 27.13% Tunstall
- 26.94% Tonge
- 22.76% Rodmersham
- 6.16% Bapchild
- 5.06% Milstead
- 4.02% Teynham
- 2.35% Bredgar
Site size
SHELAA/225 is approximately 800.69 hectares
Dwellings
The number and type of dwellings SHELAA/225 is able to support.
Greenfield
- developable area 0 dwellings at 40dph
- 24,021 dwellings at 30dph
- 32,028 dwellings at 40dph
Wider urban
SHELAA/225 could include 0 wider urban dwellings at 50 dwellings per hectare (dph).
Central urban
SHELAA/225 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/225 has a settlement hierarchy of Tier 1 Main borough urban centre, in Sittingbourne.
Settlement Hierarchy 2020
SHELAA/225 has a settlement hierarchy of Tier 1 Principal Town, in Sittingbourne.
Brownfield, greenfield, or mixed
Greenfield.
Availability
Available.
Achievability
Achievable.
Location
South East Sittingbourne.
Size
800.69 hectares.
Download
Download this dataset (CSV 1210kb)Last updated Tuesday 5 May, 2026.
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