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ID sylw: 107542

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ellis Machinery Ltd

Asiant : Frampton Town Planning

This is not consistent with the Framework which states at Paragraph 62: ‘To determine the minimum number of homes needed, strategic policies should be informed by a local housing need assessment, conducted using the standard method in national planning practice guidance.’
The HEDNA figure is significantly lower than the minimum number of homes set out in the Standard Method and should therefore not be taken into account when assessing local housing need.
The draft South Warwickshire Local Plan should also reflect that the proposed ‘Housing Need’ figure is only the starting point and additional housing may be required to facilitate economic growth or the delivery of affordable housing.
The policy should seek to meet the standard method for housing as a starting point, consistent with National Planning Policy Framework paragraph 62. Table 3 identifies, taking account of the standard method, a need for 28,150 dwellings in Stratford and 26,550 in Warwick across the plan period.
The SWLP should therefore look to the non-Green Belt, Strategic Growth Areas before looking to Green Belt areas, to ensure consistency with the Framework.
We agree that Gaydon should be considered as a Strategic Growth Area and consider that, in this context, land should be allocated or new strategic development on the edge of Gaydon.