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ID sylw: 107834

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Taylor Wimpey have concerns with regards to the approach set out within Draft Policy Direction 1. Whilst it is appreciated that the Draft Plan has been prepared against the backdrop of changing national policy the approach as set out is not justified based on the new National Planning Policy Framework (‘NPPF 2024’), which along with the accompanying Planning Practice Guidance (PPG)2 [2 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2024) Planning Practice Guidance]– sets out the Government’s planning policies for England.
The emerging Plan as drafted, whilst acknowledging the outcome of the standard method, introduces uncertainty by also referencing housing need figures calculated prior to the publication of the NPPF 2024 within the 2022 Coventry and Warwickshire Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA).
Draft Policy Direction 1 should therefore be redrafted to include
‘The South Warwickshire Local Plan will make provision for the delivery of at least 2,188 dwellings per annum, this being the minimum need calculated using the standard method. This equates to at least 54,700 dwellings over a 25-year plan period from 2025 – 2050’