Object

Representation ID: 28433

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited

Agent: PB Planning

Housing Distribution - Keighley

As insufficient evidence has been provided to demonstrate that exceptional circumstances exist for the removal of the Cities & Urban Centres Uplift from the Standard Method calculation, the Local Plan should seek to deliver 2,300 homes per annum over the plan period 2020-2038. Which equates to 41,400 homes.

If the level of housing distribution to Keighley was retained at 7% the uplift would require the delivery of 2,898 homes within the plan period, an increase of 698 homes. However, retaining the adopted Core Strategy’s level of distribution (11%) would require the delivery of 4,554 homes over the plan period. Which is a level of housing growth which was previously considered sustainable and deliverable following a thorough examination in public process.