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ID sylw: 108347

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Lovell Strategic Land

Asiant : Carter Jonas

The HEDNA housing requirement does not capture the latest changes to the planning system and the Government’s aspiration to boost housebuilding through recent changes to the Standard Method. This would also not meet need for affordable homes, as highlighted in the Further Advice on Housing & Employment Land Needs study (February 2024) which confirms need cannot be met without provision upwards of 2,000 homes a year.

Both Councils are experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Stratford-on-Avon is the most unaffordable area in the West Midlands.

There is a substantial 81% uplift in the local housing need for Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick (in combination) to deliver a minimum of 2,188 dwellings a year. This will approximately double the amount of the unmet housing need from 15,532 dwellings to 28,257 dwellings. This should be planned for to futureproof the plan and ensure compliance with the NPPF’s sustainability principle.