Object

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.

Object

Representation ID: 16142

Received: 16/05/2016

Respondent: EA Strategic Land LLP

Agent: Iceni Projects Limited

The Council's SHMA is dated July 2014. Whilst October 2011 is the date the SHLAA was published, the assessment itself took place between October 2009 and May 2010 (see Executive Summary). In the absence of any up to date evidence from the SHMA or the SHLAA, the sustainability appraisal fails to adequately update the assessment of sites in terms of any sequential analysis required to inform their deliverability and suitability for development. There is therefore a complete lack of an upto-date evidence base on housing numbers and allocations.