Comment

Draft Local Plan

Representation ID: 14519

Received: 19/04/2016

Respondent: Home Builder's Federation

Agent: Home Builder's Federation

Representation Summary:

We note paragraph 5.69 [of OAN Assessment 2014]. Providing jobs in line with the past long-term trend would generate a need for 411 dpa. To our mind this would represent a more appropriate OAN for Brentwood as it would align housing supply in accordance with the long-term trends in the economy. It would also provide more by way of contingency just in case the Council's assumptions relating to migration from London prove to have underestimated the problem (e.g. the 2012 SNPP does not include a higher migration propensity for Brentwood).

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