Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 8412
Received: 31/03/2015
Respondent: Crest Nicholson
Agent: AECOM
The Council has commissioned a study to identify objective housing need for the borough, which concludes a requirement to provide for around 360 new homes per year. The previous target in the East of England Plan was 175 homes per year. Over 15 years that comes to around 5,500 homes, some 3,000 more than what can be provided from brownfield sites in urban areas. The shortfall from previous years will also need to be taken into account in the future Plan period, which will increase the overall housing need figure.
Any housing provision over 2,500 homes within Brentwood will need to consider the use of Green Belt. This is the amount that could be sustainably developed on available brownfield land. There are also other development needs, such as employment.
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