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Representation ID: 6570

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Clarendon Land and Development Ltd

Agent: Fisher German LLP

2.10 In respect of the draft Plan's proposal to potentially utilise a stepped trajectory, referenced at 3.5 of the
draft Plan, this is something which is not supported and not considered sound. Whilst the Council point
to difficulties in achieving the uplift against the current housing requirement, this is partially due to the Council's approach with regard to the previous Plan and adopting a Local Plan with a functional period up to 2030 only, despite the concerns of a number of development stakeholders. It is to us entirely
inappropriate that this can be used to fetter current housing needs to later in the Plan period. This
approach is particularly considered problematic in that it is anticipated that housing needs will increase
through the Spatial Hierarchy, thus further compounding delivery requirements later in the Plan period.
We have not seen any specific evidence which to us leads to the conclusion that a higher quantum of
housing cannot be delivered in the short term and we are aware of a number of sites which are available and can make an immediate contribution to the Council's housing land supply. On this basis, there is no justification for a stepped trajectory to be utilised and in reality, it would likely damage the authority in
later years by resulting in an unacceptable annual requirement.