Object

Main Modifications to the Proposed Submission Core Strategy

Representation ID: 21326

Received: 02/09/2013

Respondent: Devine Homes

Agent: Courtley Consultants Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

If the Council accept that their housing target of 5700 is a minimum it cannot include unidentified sites within its housing land supply as this is the only means available over the Plan period capable of delivering housing numbers above the minimum figure.

Delete the windfall and Exemption sites from the Housing figures In Appendix 3

Full text:

In the amended Appendix 3 Housing :Component of Housing Supply for period 2011 to 2028 the Council have made an allowance of 460 small windfall sites and 65 Rural Exemption Site Allowance giving a total of 525 unidentified sites over the plan period. The Council state that "at least 5700 dwellings" will be delivered over the plan period (yet accept that their housing need is 6180). The only way the minimum target of 5700 could be exceeded is via unidentified sites. Therefore to have around 10% of its minimum housing requirement already identified as windfall/exemption sites suggest that 5700 in reality is not a minimum housing figure as it already includes the only unidentified housing supply component over the 17 year plan period. Where else is any future housing supply likely to come from to exceed 5700 other than unidentified sites?