Object

Representation ID: 9510

Received: 27/07/2022

Respondent: Colmworth Parish Council

Agent: Troy Planning + Design

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Stepped Approach to Housing Requirements
1.7. CPC notes that there are, what appear to be, multiple miscalculations in Policy DS3(S):
• Under the column 2025/26-2029/30 it states that the total number of dwellings for this period is 4,850 and that the dwellings per annum equates to 1,050.
However, 2025/26-2029/30 equates to 5 years. 4,850 divided by 5 = 970.
Therefore, BBC appears to have overestimated the number of dwellings per annum for the period 2025/26-2029/30 by 80 dwellings per annum. 80 dwellings
X 5 years (2025/26-2029/30) = 400 dwellings. BBC, it appears, has overestimated
the total number of dwellings in the policy by 400 dwellings.
• The totals of the three columns in the ‘stepped housing requirement’ table does not equate to 27,100 dwellings. 4,850 dwellings + 4,850 dwellings + 17,000 dwellings = 26,700 dwellings. Therefore, BBC has underestimated 400 dwellings somewhere in its calculations.
• It is noted that Policy DS5(S) Distribution of growth states that 400 dwellings will “take place beyond the plan period”, however this does not assist in understanding the miscalculations in Policy DS3(S) as outlined above. (Policy DS3(S) table pasted in original rep)
1.8. It is concerning that there is a shortfall of 400 dwellings in BBC’s calculations set out in the Local Plan which is hopefully a ‘typo’ or that the intended approach has not been communicated clearly so that this can be easily corrected and robustly explained by BBC.