Object

Representation ID: 10042

Received: 28/07/2022

Respondent: The Southill Estate

Agent: Carter Jonas LLP

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The proposed housing requirement in PSBLP is a minimum of 27,100 dwellings between 2020 and 2040. A stepped trajectory is proposed with more significant growth proposed in the post-2030 period once critical infrastructure has been delivered. The Southill Estate does not object to the proposed housing requirement or the principle of applying a stepped trajectory. The Southill Estate owns the land at Abbey Field West of Elstow that is identified as a draft allocation for residential development (Policy HOU 5). This site is included in the housing trajectory for 200 dwellings and it is predicted that housing delivery would commence from 2030/31 – see Appendix 1 in Stepped Trajectory Topic Paper April 2022. As set out in the Southill Estate’s representations to Policy HOU 5, the site could accommodate more dwellings and could be delivered much earlier than currently indicated in the housing trajectory. It is requested that the housing trajectory is adjusted to include additional dwellings and an earlier delivery date from the site. This requested change would mean that additional dwellings could be delivered in the period 2025/26 to 2029/30.

Paragraph 74 of the NPPF requires a housing trajectory to be provided for development plans, setting out the expected rate of housing delivery during the plan period and if appropriate the delivery rates for specific sites. The housing trajectory for PSBLP should be included within the document, and not only shown in the Stepped Trajectory Topic Paper.