Object

Representation ID: 4878

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Banks Property

Housing Need and Requirement

Banks Property objects to the Council’s approach to housing growth. In determining its housing requirement, the Council has not applied a 35% uplift in accordance with the Government’s latest Standard Method (Dec 2020). Whilst transitional arrangements apply for Local Plans in preparation, we consider that more housing allocations should be identified to reflect a move towards this uplift. The 35% uplift applies to the whole authority area. The Council therefore has options to allocate more housing by releasing more land on the periphery of the city and wider areas in a more dispersed approach to development. There are also notable inconsistencies in the current approach to spatial distribution and settlement hierarchy, for example the allocation of only 300 units in the Principal Town of Ilkley. More allocations should be distributed across the mid and lower tiers of the settlement hierarchy to achieve sustainable development and growth across the district.