DS20 Accommodating Housing Need Arising from Outside the District

Object

Representation ID: 66701

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Barwood Strategic Land II Limited

Agent: HOW Planning LLP

Legally compliant? No

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? No

National guidance sets out a prescriptive set of requirements in relation to the Duty to Cooperate and it is confirmed that robust evidence is required to demonstrate how this has been complied with.

The Sub-Regional Approach to Delivering the Housing Requirement report identifies that further work is required to ensure the HMA has a robust subregional
evidence base to support collaborative work on a sub-regional spatial strategy.

The Council's approach to the Local Plan's housing spatial strategy is premature given the significant uncertainties which the joint HMA evidence base could deliver.

This approach lacks certainty and is dependent on a number of significant pieces of technical evidence that are not yet complete.There can be no assurance that the Council's assumptions will translate to the HMA's unmet housing requirements being provided for.

Barwood conclude that the legal compliance of the Plan has not been satisfied on the basis that the Duty to Cooperate is not a matter which can be rectified at the Examination stage.

Support

Representation ID: 66800

Received: 26/06/2014

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

We are encouraged that Warwick District Council recognises its statutory obligations with regard to the Duty to Co-operate with neighbouring authorities in the preparation of their Local Plan in order to maximise its effectiveness with regard to strategic planning matters. We do, however, reserve our position on whether the District Council has effectively discharged that Duty and look forward to considering this matter further on publication of the necessary attendant evidence based information