Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 16040
Received: 13/05/2016
Respondent: Elizabeth Finn Care
Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP
Figure 5.10 of the DLP shows that the current housing delivery rate is well below that required to meet what the Council consider to be the Borough's need. Furthermore, it is projected to remain below this level in the short-term. There is clearly a current, urgent housing need in the Borough. The DLP should not seek to rely on large strategic sites to deliver housing, as these cannot meet housing need in the short- term and enable the Borough to retain a five-year housing land supply, as required by the NPPF (para 47). To ensure the plan is capable of addressing the current urgent housing need and ensuring a five-year housing land supply a range of sites should be identified, including smaller sites that are deliverable in the short-term.
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