Object

Representation ID: 66050

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Lenco Investments

Agent: RPS Planning & Development

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

RPS is of the opinion that the Housing Trajectory is unsound.

The Housing Trajectory contains substantial over estimations of housing delivery, particularly in the early period of the plan. The rate of development in the early period is insufficient from the sites identified and an over reliance is being placed on a small number of sites delivering high rates of dwellings. This is not going to be experienced as proposed and the only way to maintain high levels of delivery is from a broader range of sites.

RPS also objects to the identification of confidential sites in the Housing Trajectory amounting to 207 dwellings. It is not appropriate to identify confidential sites and withhold information on the location of such sites from a public examination of the evidence. If the Council cannot identify those sites publically, if cannot rely on them during scrutiny of the public examination as it does not permit transparency in the evidence. The 207 dwellings should be removed.