Object

Representation ID: 20000

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Avant Homes

Agent: Tetra Tech (Leeds)

The ability to deliver the objectives of Policy HO5 are reliant on an appropriate starting point for overall housing supply and spatial strategy. We consider the approach set out in Policy SP8 will compromise the ability to meet the objectives of Policy HO5.

The majority of the growth in the plan is proposed in the Regional City of Bradford (72%) where much of the city is expected to provide a maximum of 15% affordable housing, with this being 10% for development in Inner Bradford. It is therefore extremely unlikely that 441 affordable dwellings per annum will be delivered by policy HO5.

We therefore suggest, as we did in the CSPR 2019, that the scale of need for affordable housing justifies an uplift to the overall housing requirement figure.

the restriction of housing supply in the higher market value areas will compound the affordability gap. The situation can only be addressed through amendment to Policy SP8.