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Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Catesby Estates

Asiant : Mr Will Whitelock

We support the recognition that there may be a need to look to accommodate ‘unmet need’ from the Coventry and Warwickshire Housing Market Area (HMA) and the Greater Birmingham and Black Country HMA. South Warwickshire sits most fully within the Coventry and Warwickshire HMA, with Warwick District most strongly related to Coventry given its shared boundary and interrelationships with the city.
However, there is no detail to comment on at this stage. The pre-amble to Draft Policy Direction 4 - Accommodating Growth Needs Arising from Outside South Warwickshire states: ‘It is yet to be established to what extent and what uses (e.g. housing and/or employment) there will be any unmet need from elsewhere within these housing market areas [Coventry and Warwickshire Housing Market Area (HMA) and the Greater Birmingham and Black Country HMA]. Some of this need will be met by other constituent Local Planning Authorities within both HMA’s; however, through Duty to Co-operate discussions; the Councils will commit to continually consider this need and work with those authorities on how this can be achieved.’
A number of West Midlands authorities have seen a significant increase in their Local Housing Need figure under the new Standard Method (save for Birmingham, Sandwell and Coventry). The West Midlands would be expected to deliver 29,940 dwellings per annum, a 21% increase compared to the previous method.
There will undoubtedly be challenges for neighbouring authorities to meet their own needs and hence the South Warwickshire authorities may well need to increase their housing need figure by reason of the requirement to accommodate any unmet needs.