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ID sylw: 107491

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Suzanne Ross

Asiant : Savills

To accord with national requirements, this Plan must be written in a way to accommodate the full housing need of the area, as calculated by the 2024 NPPF Standard Method.
The Draft Policy Direction recognises this reality by mentioning both the HEDNA figure of 41,975 dwellings across the Plan period (at 1,679 dwellings per annum (dpa)) and the Standard Method figure of 54,700 dwellings at 2,188 dpa. Our client’s view is that the Plan must proceed on the basis of the higher NPPF figure to ensure a sound Spatial Strategy.
It is likely that to achieve this higher target, the Council will need to allocate a wide range of sites, from new settlements, strategic urban extensions to towns and smaller sites in sustainable villages. The Council should “leave no stone unturned” in its search for additional sites.
Consequently, our Client considers that its site at Alcester Road in Stratford-upon-Avon (HELAA Site References 492 and 827) should be considered favourably for allocation.