Comment

Representation ID: 18696

Received: 02/02/2007

Respondent: Mrs. P.C. Ward-Jones

Agent: JB Planning Associates Ltd.

Assumptions about windfalls and intensification within existing settlements should not be unjustifiably optimistic (see PPS3). A reducing rate needs to be applied any windfall assumption to reflect non-implementation within the Plan period. The requirement for new development is unlikely to cease in 2026 and a surplus in available sites will contribute to maintaining a continuing supply.

The approach to windfalls and intensification should be based on the identification of deliverable sites and with at best a small windfalls allowance with a diminishing supply in the Plan’s later years.