Object

Representation ID: 12314

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Caddick Land

Agent: Peacock and Smith

Housing Need and Requirement

In summary, it is considered that the proposed approach of Policy SP8 to not include the 35% uplift applied by Government on the top 20 cities and urban centres cannot be sound when there are suitable sites such as Caddick’s proposed allocation at Odsal that would allow the Council to deliver a much greater quantum of housing than 1,704 dwellings/annum.

There is no reason why the Council should not comply with the 35% uplifted figure of 2,300 new homes per year nor any evidence of subsequent adverse impacts on the District. Indeed, prior to the Government’s amendments to how the housing requirement is to be calculated the Council were looking to identify land for 2476 dwellings per annum. At no point during that exercise did the Council raise any concerns about them not being able to meet that requirement.