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Monitoring and Review
Housing Land Availability
The annual Housing Land Availability Monitor (referred to as the ‘Housing Monitor’) measures how many additional homes are built in the district. It helps to inform the preparation of our new Local Development Plan for Newry, Mourne and Down, contributing to future decisions about where houses should be built. It provides a picture of the amount of land available for new houses as of 1 April each year.
Monitoring has been ongoing across the district since the late 1990s under the former Department for Environment’s (DOE) Planning Service. The future Housing Monitor in the District will operate with a baseline position of 31 March 2015, which is when the responsibility for planning transferred to the council.
About the Housing Land Availability Monitor Viewer
Background
The primary purpose of the ‘Housing Monitor’ is to inform the formulation of the Council’s new Local Development Plan. However, it will also help the Council identify where a shortfall in potential land supply might exist and can inform housebuilders on the availability of land that may be suitable for housing.
The information collated will allow a clear view of the overall progress in meeting the housing objectives of the existing development plan and in identifying issues likely to require intervention.
The Housing Land Availability Monitor Viewer (referred to as the ‘Housing Monitor Viewer’ has been created to provide users with information on the location and details of sites that were monitored as part of the most recent Housing Monitor, the results of which are published in the annual Newry, Mourne and Down Housing Land Availability Summary Report.
Housing Land Availability Monitor Viewer
Information on the location and details of sites monitored as part of the most recent Housing Land Availability Monitor can be accessed using our online Housing Land Availability Monitor Viewer
Housing Land Availability Monitor Summary Reports
There are reports available covering the periods from 2020-2024.
View the 2022 - 2023 report online
View the 2019 - 2020 report ?online
Economic Land Availability
The Economic Land Availability Monitor (referred to as the ‘Economic Land Monitor’) identifies how much additional economic development land is developed in the district. It helps to inform the preparation of our new Local Development Plan for Newry, Mourne and Down, contributing to future decisions about where economic development should take place. It provides a picture of the amount of land available for economic development in the district.
About the Economic Land Monitor Viewer
Background
The primary purpose of the Economic Land Monitor is to inform the formulation of the Council’s new Local Development Plan. It will help the Council to ensure there is a generous supply of suitable land to meet economic development needs in the district over the Plan period. It will enable it to identify where a shortfall in potential land supply might exist and can inform developers on the availability of land that may be suitable for economic development.
The information collated will establish the amount of developed economic development land and the supply of undeveloped land at a point in time (date upon which site visits were carried out). This will be monitored and updated as required throughout the Development Plan process.
The Economic Land Monitor Viewer has been created to provide users with information on the location and details of sites that were monitored by the Economic Land Monitor, the results of which are available in the Economic Land Monitor Report.
The Economic Land Monitor Report 2020 forms the baseline for future land monitor reports. This can be viewed here
Economic Land Monitor Viewer
Information on the location and details of sites monitored as part of the most recent Economic Land Monitor can be accessed using our online Economic Land Availability Monitor Viewer.
Economic Land Monitor Reports
There are reports available for 2020 and 2023:
View the Economic Land Monitor Report 2020 online
View the Economic Land Monitor 2023 Update online