Object

Representation ID: 66042

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Home Builders Federation Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Policy DS6 : Level of Housing Growth proposes 12,860 new homes (714 dwellings per annum)between 2011 - 2029. However the Coventry & Warwickshire Joint SHMA Final Report states in Paragraph 7.79 that an appropriate level of provision in Warwick District Council would be 720 dwellings per annum equivalent to 12,960 dwellings over the Local Plan period. Therefore the housing requirement figure in Policy DS6 is 100 dwellings below the objective assessment of housing need identified in the SHMA so the Council is not meeting its needs in full.


Further, the JSHMA does not take sufficient account of suppressed household formation during the recession years. The Council should consider undertaking further sensitivity testing which may indicate an increase in the objective assessment of housing needs above the proposed housing requirement of 12,860 new homes.

The JSHMA does not take sufficient account of the housing affordability issues within the District. An increase in the total housing figures included in the Local Plan should be considered where it could help deliver the required number of affordable homes. The Council should reconsidered its approach to affordability given the significant level of need for affordable housing in the District.

The housing requirement set out in DS6 does not take account of unmet need arising from outside the District, as required by the NPPF.