PPS 12 Housing in Settlements·Page 44·Appendix 1
Settlements Subject to Urban Capacity Assessment
The RDS sets a regional target of 60% for urban housing growth within existing urban areas of cities and towns with over 5,000 population. Urban capacity studies should be undertaken for settlements meeting this population threshold to maximise residential development within the urban footprint.
RDS sets a regional target of 60% for the period up to its first review in 2010, for the location of urban housing growth within the existing urban areas of the cities and towns of over 5,000 population. It states that the potential for achieving the regional target will be determined through the development plan process using urban capacity studies to maximise the share of residential development that can be achieved within the urban footprint (see glossary) of a particular city or town.
With the threshold for this set at 5,000 population it would also appear a logical threshold above which an urban capacity study
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