Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 16141
Received: 16/05/2016
Respondent: EA Strategic Land LLP
Agent: Iceni Projects Limited
The draft plan states that the 'objectively assessed housing need' of the Borough is 362 homes per year, although there is no specific evidence source for this, only a vague assertion within Policy SP2. The only conceivable evidence source in the Council's possession for this figure is the "Objectively Assessed Housing Need" document dated December 2014. This document states that it:
"does not seek to promote a housing target for Brentwood [...] the housing target should be informed by a wider base of evidence than population, household and economic projections" and that "more work will be needed to confirm the final OAN once the 2012 CLG projections have been released and Essex Planning Officers Association (EPOA)have completed the final round of Essex wide analysis (EPOA Phase 7 by Edge Analytics)."
It does not appear that the additional work to form a final OAN has been undertaken.
See attached.