Plan for submission evidence base

Object

Representation ID: 9983

Received: 27/07/2022

Respondent: Home Builders Federation

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? No

Limited evidence as to the actual co-operation that has taken place between neighbouring boroughs have been provided by the Council within the Duty to Co-operate Position Statements. These statements provide an indication as to the potential cross border issue but nothing with regard to how the authorities are working together to address the matters at hand. Whilst the Council note that their intention was not to document every discussion and all the joint working that has taken place it is necessary to provide some evidence as to the discussions and how they have informed the preparation of the local plan. Without more detail any inspector examining the plan could not with any certainty state that the Council have fulfilled their duty to co-operate.