Object

Representation ID: 68885

Received: 20/04/2016

Respondent: Deeley Group Ltd.

Agent: Delta Planning

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

WDC has allocated a additional sites for housing through the Proposed Modifications to meet increased housing requirement including a number of Green Belt sites.
Mod6 states that in total 9,369 dwellings are to be delivered on sites allocated in the Plan bringing the total provision to 17,577 dwellings.
Whilst the identified housing land supply (17,577 dwellings) is above the agreed objectively
assessed housing need(16,776 dwellings) and therefore allows for some flexibility if allocated sites fail to come forward/are delivered with reduced capacity, the proposed housing land supply does not provide sufficient flexibility to significantly boost supply of housing in the District.
The proposed supply is only 801 dwellings above the identified requirement, representing less than 5% of the
overall need and is not sufficiently flexible to ensure that the LP can readily adapt to changing circumstances.
The LP is not effective as it risks not delivering the full objectively assessed housing requirements unless additional sites are allocated to provide for greater choice.