Object
Draft Bradford District Local Plan - Preferred Options (Regulation 18) February 2021
Representation ID: 17172
Received: 24/03/2021
Respondent: Jones Homes (Yorkshire) Limited
Agent: Savills (UK) Ltd
Housing Need and Requirement:
The Draft Local Plan sets out a requirement for 30,672 new homes, down from the 42,100 net homes targeted within the 2017 Core Strategy.
We do not consider that the total set out within the draft is appropriately ambitious, and should be increased to meet the requirements as set out by central Government within the Standard Methodology. When taking the 35% uplift into account, as the Government’s preferred approach for meeting national housing delivery targets, the plan should be delivering around 2,300 homes per annum, equating to 41,400 over the 18 years of the plan period.
It should also be noted that the Standard Method figure is a ‘floor’ rather than a ‘ceiling’ figure. The implications for restricting growth, under-delivery and engagement of the presumption in favour of sustainable development could therefore be significant if the Council does not at this stage identify land for a more aspirational housing delivery target.