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Representation ID: 29955

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Harworth Group PLC

Agent: Rob Moore

Housing Distribution - Bradford SE

Within Schedule 1 of Policy SP8 we note the level of housing distributed to the South East of Bradford has reduced from 4,000 dwellings within the adopted Core Strategy to 3,030 in the 2019 Core Strategy Partial Review and now to 2,200 dwellings.

We note this is partly as a result of the significant levels of growth attributed to Bradford City Centre which is a risk as we have detailed elsewhere.

The Core Strategy Review was predicated on 1,704dpa and as paragraph 5.32.21 lists there is a
comprehensive evidence base which has led to the 3,030 figure. It is unclear why the 2021 plan has now changed to derive a lower figure still, despite the risk in overlying on city centre sites and need to effectively meet regeneration objectives vs. the availability of developable sites such as reference SE/163. Draft 2021 Plan Paragraph 5.3.21 – 5.3.23 offers no explanation in the way 5.32.21 and therefore can only be regarded as unsound.

Recommendation 6: Provide greater evidence base justification for the reduction in housing targets for South East Bradford, in the interests of effective plan making.