Object

Representation ID: 66251

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Lenco Investments

Agent: RPS Planning & Development

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Council's proposals are woefully short on the number of homes required and fail to balance the level of housing and jobs provided within the strategy of the plan, or the core Objectives of it.

A key component of the above Objective and the Plan's Strategy is the Council's reference to balancing economic and housing growth. This is specifically referred to(paragraph 2.4 refers) in respect of balancing the number of jobs in the District and the working age population to boost economic development, and the supply of jobs. RPS fully supports this approach and the objective set out above as it is reflective of the NPPF.

However, having set out all of the above, the plan then fundamentally fails to deliver on the Strategy and Objectives it has set out.

The proposals in the plan fail to provide for the objectively assessed need for housing, but more importantly fail to balance the provision of homes and jobs as advocated by the authority as being a fundamental component of the Plan's strategy and policy framework. It
is therefore ineffective and unjustified.