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Representation ID: 3557

Received: 11/08/2021

Respondent: Brown & Co Barfords

Growth and spatial strategy options:
Paragraph 3.5 on page 16 of the Local Plan 2040 – Draft Plan Strategy Options and Draft Policies
Consultation sets out a stepped trajectory with a delivery target of 970 dwellings per year until 2030 and
this is proposed to increase to 1,580 dwelling per year to make up the rest of the plan requirement over the
remaining 10 years. Leaving 1580 dwellings per year from 2030 onwards is a significant number of
dwellings to achieve even with the Black Cat junction improvement, and East West rail anticipated to be
completed and consider this to be undeliverable.

Paragraph 68 of the NPPF 2021 sets out through strategic policy making planning policies should identify
a supply of specific, deliverable sites for years one to five of the plan period; and specific, developable sites
or broad locations for growth, for years 6-10 and, where possible, for years 11-15 of the plan. Therefore, a
more reasonable stepped trajectory should be applied to ensure an effective and sound plan as set out in
policy 35 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2021.