Support

Representation ID: 2897

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Mr David Smith

Housing Need and Requirement
I very strongly support your view that 1,703 dwellings/year are adequate to meet Bradford's needs.
More recent 2016 and 2018 household projections are considerably lower and it seems likely that government will use these in the future (or 2020 based ones). With Brexit there is every reason to believe that international migration will be lower than assumed in the 1,703 figure.

The Government's 35% increase for Bradford and 19 other large cities is unreasonable and arbitrary. If it results in greater loss of Green Belt that is unacceptable.

Apart from London the total England housing requirement increases from around 290,000 to 300,000, through the 35% increase, so it does not add significantly to meeting the government's own arbitrary target. It seems extremely unreasonable for Calderdale's requirement to be only 800/year, but for Bradford's to be potentially increased from 1,703 to 2,300 given that both authorities are the same geographical size.