Object

Representation ID: 55430

Received: 29/07/2013

Respondent: Lenco Investments

Agent: RPS Planning

Supports the Strategic Vision, which provides specific principles relating to key elements of sustainable development, including meeting housing needs of existing and future population of the District.

This includes identifying land for approximately 550 new homes per year on new allocated sites, totalling 9,900 allocated dwellings to be delivered between 2011 and 2029.

The Strategic Vision is, however, not followed through via Draft Policy RDS4, which only proposed 6,630 dwellings as allocations.

Considers that the Council should be working towards a much higher figure of proposed allocations that includes Greenfield and Green Belt sites as it is evident that there is limited land available within the urban area.

The housing target for Warwick District should be increased in line with the more recent evidence on economic growth. Therefore, additional sites need to be allocated to meet this key principle in addition to any unmet need arising from Coventry.