Object

Representation ID: 66776

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Trustees of the Haseley Settlement

Agent: RPS Planning & Development

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The Council has failed to identify an objective assessment of objectively assessed need for housing. In line with government guidance and recent case law RPS sets out that establishing OAN requires four key components; demographic analysis, economic analysis, affordability and market signals. The Council's SHMA used 2011 interim population projections up until 2021 and extended these to 2031. There is concern over the use of headship rates from 2008 and 2011 to extend the forecasts. Affordability is a key component of establishing need for housing, the SHMA identifies a requirement for 268 dwellings per annum to be affordable. The Council sets a target of 40% which would appear to provide the policy context however based on Council's track record providing an average of 86 affordable homes per year over the last five years the ability to achieve triple the historic level of provision is doubtful.