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Representation ID: 10952

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: P&D Northern Asset Management

Agent: Pegasus Group (Manchester)

Housing Need and Requirement

The recently adopted Core Strategy planned for 42,000 homes over a shorter plan period (i.e. 2,476 per annum). The latest local Housing need requirement for Bradford is 2,300 per annum based on the 35% uplift that must be applied.

The suggestion that only 1,704 dwellings per annum will be delivered is not justified or consistent with national planning policy therefore the Policy is unsound.

Paragraph 3.8.57 indicates that the Council have dismissed the 2,300 dpa figure on the basis that it would result in more Green Belt release. However the 2,300 figure results in a similar number of homes prescribed in the recently adopted Core Strategy and that was deemed sound despite the fact that it noted a lot of Green Belt release would be required.

To now suggest that that approach is not sustainable is not accepted as being a reasonable approach. Why would it be ok in 2017 and not in 2021 when the Council’s position on housing delivery has clearly not improved in the interim.

The plan period should be over 20 years resulting in an overall requirement of 46,000 homes.