Planning glossary
Strategic Housing Development (SHD)
SHD was the older fast-track route for major housing schemes. Many older ACP records still use SHD language, so it remains useful when reading historic appeals and decisions.
What it means in practice
SHD was the older fast-track route for major housing schemes. Many older ACP records still use SHD language, so it remains useful when reading historic appeals and decisions.
For PlanningBrief readers, the important point is timing: a planning term usually signals who might need to act next, which documents to check, and whether a project is early intelligence, live tender opportunity, appeal risk or near-site-stage context.
Worked example
Example: an older appeal file may describe a former fast-track apartment proposal as SHD even though new cases now follow the LRD route. Read the term as historical context, then check current local-authority and ACP status before treating it as live pipeline.
What to check in a record
- historic case dates
- judicial review references
- replacement LRD applications
- appeal outcomes
- changed scheme names
Where to go next
PlanningBrief explains the public data; always verify legal, planning and building-control duties with the official source or a qualified professional.