Assuming that 10,800 Housing Requirementis the correct starting point ( and that needs seperate review particularly in light of the census), the net figure for "Balance to be Allocated in Plan" of 6986 is incorrectly calculated and is forcing far more rural land to be allocated for housing than needs to be. An additional 480 dwellings can be allocated on brownfield sites and the SLAA sites. In addition, the Warwick Town Centre Actions plan can provide a further 200 homes and a similar assumption can be made for Leamington.
Furthermore it is estimated that there are 500 empty homes across the district that could be managed back into use to reduce this number further. There is a high student population in Leamington Spa, estimated to be at leaset 750. With the right policies and co operation with the Warwick University, these dwellings could be made avaiable as general housing. following this apprach could reduce the "balance to be allocated" to 4836 new homes.