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Representation ID: 5661

Received: 07/09/2021

Respondent: Hallam Land Management

Agent: David Lock Associates

Paragraphs 3.1-3.7
Hallam Land Management supports the approach to the level of housing growth required, which as a “starting point” is set at 1,275 dwellings per annum and represents a significant uplift from the Local Plan 2030 requirement of 970 dwellings per annum.

Given the scale of uplift required, and significant challenges in terms of housing delivery, Hallam does not consider that a stepped trajectory would be appropriate. The example suggested in paragraph 3.5 - that the delivery target is 970 until 2030 then increased to 1,580 dwellings per annum, thereafter, equates to a significant uplift in housing delivery by 62% after 2030. It builds in the postponement of measures to meet immediate need, and it increases substantially the level of risk built into the plan since the effects of any underdelivery of stepped housing requirements on housing need would be greatly exacerbated. Hallam considers that delivery constrained to 970 dwellings in 2020-2030 would create a significant cumulative underbuild towards 2030 and is likely to undermine wider growth and planning objectives including those expected to emerge through the Oxford Cambridge Arc Spatial Framework. In this context Hallam considers that the housing trajectory is required to reflect an immediate uplift to the “starting point” of 1,275 and with a buffer. Such an approach will have implications for Spatial Strategy Options with an approach that is flexible and adaptable to change.