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Representation ID: 65990

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Barwood Development Securities Ltd

Agent: HOW Planning LLP

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

National guidance sets out a prescriptive set of requirements in relation to the Duty to Cooperate and it is confirmed that robust evidence is required to demonstrate how this has been complied with.

The Sub-Regional Approach to Delivering the Housing Requirement report identifies that further work is required to ensure the HMA has a robust subregional
evidence base to support collaborative work on a sub-regional spatial strategy.

The Council's approach to the Local Plan's housing spatial strategy is premature given the significant uncertainties which the joint HMA evidence base could deliver.

This approach lacks certainty and is dependent on a number of significant pieces of technical evidence that are not yet complete.There can be no assurance that the Council's assumptions will translate to the HMA's unmet housing requirements being provided for.

Barwood conclude that the legal compliance of the Plan has not been satisfied on the basis that the Duty to Cooperate is not a matter which can be rectified at the Examination stage.