Object

Review Report

Representation ID: 27159

Received: 22/12/2017

Respondent: Home Builders Federation Ltd

Representation Summary:

There is no comment on the fact that some of the previously allocated sites may have in fact been the wrong sites to allocate, particularly any rolled over from previous plans.
No account taken of the issues identified in the WG Longitudinal and Viability study regarding site viability and deliverability.

Full text:

There has been no discussion about one of the other factors which has affected the provision of housing, which is around the suitability of the sites allocated. Although it is accepted that the allocated sites went through a degree of scrutiny as part of their allocation in the LDP, the recent WG study entitled 'Longitudinal Viability Study of the Planning Process' has highlighted the need to look at deliverability and viability far more closely than it has been in previous LDP's. The HBF would request an additional paragraph which refers to this study and looks at the issues from the report referred to above in more detail thus giving a more balance view.


Our response:

Noted. This will be considered as part of the LDP Review.