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Representation ID: 16748

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Addingham Civic Society

Housing Distribution - Addingham

There is no specific evidence offered in support of the latest increase in the housing target from 75 to an unsustainable 175 - this will have severe adverse long term impacts on the village.

The District-wide housing requirement has not changed since the Partial Review, and it forms the basis for the current Draft Local Plan Consultation. However, Ilkley’s figure has now been reduced further to 300 while Addingham’s has been sharply increased to 175.

The increased housing requirement contradicts many of the assumptions underlying the Plan’s policies for Local Service Centres – such as a reduced scale of growth, preventing unnecessary dispersal of development top smaller settlements.

The Housing Requirement for the village needs to be reduced back to 75 dwellings.

The impacts on future working patterns post covid-19, reducing the need for city centre office space and retail will result in 100’s of new houses – this will reduce pressure / need for green field sites.