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ID sylw: 107550

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: James Bushell

Asiant : Frampton Town Planning

This policy 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.
In terms of Sustainability, the area ranks 3rd out of the 12 for being the most sustainable. However, the paper also concedes that there is “Strong concern re. lack of promoter given 0% land put forward in ‘Call for Sites’ thus deliverability is questionable” regarding New Settlement C1. Given none of the land has been put forward for development, this raises concern over the availability of the land for a new settlement at Kingswood. Other, sustainable, sites in this area should be considered for allocation, such as Land north of Old Warwick Road, Kingswood.