Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 987

Received: 04/02/2019

Respondent: Birdham Parish Council

Representation Summary:

Allready we are seeing affordable homes not being taken up locally because they are not required

Full text:

1. This plan is based on a figure of 609 houses per year, an uplift of 40% on the current annual delivery, which is the maximum allowed, as Chichester District Council have an Adopted Local Plan. If an Adopted Local Plan had not been in place the HEDNA (GL Hearn) calculates the District increase in housing for demographic growth to be 517 houses p.a, based on the 2014 Household Projections. This figure includes the South Downs National Park. There has been an updated 2016 based Household Projection, which decreases the forecast housing required nationwide over the next 25 years by 24%. This means that the latest available household growth projection growth over the plan period is likely to be in the order of 392 houses p.a. The South Downs National Park are planning to supply 84, leaving 308 needed for demographic growth in the Plan area. Even adding the ridiculous 51.5% multiplier for earning/house price ratio still only gets to 466 houses per year. It is most unlikely that 609 houses are going to be needed every year until 2035. The Plan should be more realistic and reflect this fact.