Object
Publication Draft
Representation ID: 66575
Received: 27/06/2014
Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Given past rates of completions, even when the hoiusing market was at its highest, the proposed rates of completion are highly ambitious and between 2014/15 to 2019/20 these are implausible. In practice, completion rates are likely to be held back by a combination of lack of demand, rising interest rates, limited capacity within the building industry and shortage of public sector resources.
In our view, the 'front-loading' of the house building figures in the trajectory is misguided and will prove unachievable. It would be far more realistic to plan for a steady increase in provision over the next few years, as compared with the very low levels of recent years.
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