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Representation ID: 1086

Received: 09/03/2021

Respondent: Birkbeck, University of London

Housing Need and Requirement

The core information missing from this discussion is the basis upon which future housing needs have been calculated, by whom and based on what assumptions in approaching the data. The discussion above already indicates that the projected 1704 houses per annum, of which only just over half will be built on brownfield sites (and a truly abysmal proportion in some areas) 'will ensure that the housing requirement will meet (and exceed) demographic housing need in terms of projected household growth'. What possible justification is there for exceeding demographic housing need? With global population projected to plateau over the next 30-60 years and to decline in the industrially developed world, what is the basis for assuming the housing need outlined in this document?