Object

Representation ID: 5435

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Arrowsmith Associates

Housing Need and Requirement

Housing figures fail to meet the 35% uplift which the Government has applied to 20 of the biggest urban centres, including Bradford. As set out in the plan, that uplift would amount to an additional 10,728 homes and an annual average of 2,299/annum.

In failing to incorporate that uplift, the plan risks being found unsound when assessed against at least three of the tests of soundness:

a) Positively prepared – the plan fails to provide a strategy which seeks to meet the area’s objectively assessed needs in a manner consistent with Government policy.
b) Justified – the plan does not provide an appropriate strategy, the reasonable alternative of providing site allocations covering the uplift not having been adequately addressed before being dismissed.
d) Consistent with national policy – the plan as proposed is not consistent with national policy requiring a 35% uplift in Bradford District.