We note that the Council will provide for 12,860 new homes between 2011 and 2029. Paragraph 2.20 of the draft Plan makes reference to the CWSHMA and that Warwick District aims to meet its objectively assessed need. Whilst we would support the Council in seeking to meet its objectively assessed need for new market and affordable housing, the CWSHMA indicates that the overall assessed need for Warwick District amounts to 720 dwellings per annum over the period 2011 - 2031, equivalent to 12,960 for the period 2011 - 2029. In light of this, we would query why the draft Plan proposes a lower requirement (albeit that the difference is minor).

In addition, and conscious that the Plan is unlikely to progress to adoption until mid-2015, at best, we would suggest that the Council extends the Plan period to 2031 so that it aligns with the CWSHMA, as the relevant evidence base, and more importantly, ensures that the Plan will have a 15-year life span in accordance with paragraph 157 of the NPPF.