Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 65635
Received: 25/06/2014
Respondent: Mr Ian Lovecy
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Representation Summary:
Very definite numbers of houses required over a period of 18 years - Calling something an Objectively Assessed Need does not make it any more firm a prediction than an informed guess - and experience elsewhere shows that such estimates can be inaccurate by considerable margins in either direction. Over a period of 18 years the potential changes in demography, ways of working through increased use of telecommunications and policy changes by three Governments make the prediction to the nearest ten houses either cynical or an indicator of naivety
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