Strategic Housing investment Plan: guidance note MHDGN 2021/01

This guidance note contains revised guidance for local authorities who prepare a Strategic Housing Investment Plan.


Submission to the Scottish Government

The SHIP should be submitted through the HARP system no later than Friday 29 October 2021 (‘the Submission Date’).  Instructions for inputting a SHIP is available within the Help documents on HARP. More Homes Division expects that some SHIPs will be prepared earlier than this date and therefore encourages local authorities to submit these to the Scottish Government earlier than the Submission Date if they are in a position to do so.   The Scottish Government expects the SHIP to have secured approval, at the appropriate level within the local authority, prior to the Submission Date.

SHIP Review Process

A SHIP will be considred by the Scottish Government in line with the process agreed with COSLA.  In reviewing a SHIP, the Scottish Government will take account of the following areas: 

  • the extent to which the SHIP delivers LHS outcomes
  • the extent to which the SHIP is feasible to deliver
  • the local authority’s contribution to the delivery of the programme, both in terms of its facilitation role and in terms of maximisation of resources
  • evidence that the local authority is supporting the efficient delivery of the SHIP
  • evidence that stakeholders have been involved in developing the SHIP and in the implementation of proposals, and
  • the extent to which the SHIP takes account of equality issues.
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