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ID sylw: 108350

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Lovell Strategic Land

Asiant : Carter Jonas

We support the aspiration to meet the wider housing needs, especially the Coventry and Warwickshire HMA and the Greater Birmingham and Black Country HMA. We also support the decision to work closely with the Greater Birmingham and Black Country HMA to address any housing shortfalls. We are concerned that the HEDNA does not establish the extent of the wider unmet needs or the approach to addressing this to ensure the Duty to Cooperate is discharged.

Other authorities in the HMA such as Rugby, Birmingham, and the Black Country authorities, are facing significant increases in their housing need under the Standard Method. This will increase the acuteness of their housing shortfall.

We strongly urge the Councils to provide for a minimum of at least 2,188 dpa within the SWLP. In order to address the extent of the unmet housing needs, they should consider the opportunities of all potential sites in sustainable locations to existing settlements, including the Welsh Road West Site.