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ID sylw: 108389

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Alscot Estate

Asiant : Jonathan Thompson Land & Consultancy Limited

The Estate supports the Councils’ approach of delivering one or more new settlements to help meet identified local housing need over the plan period. This aligns with NPPF Paragraph 77 and the Written Ministerial Statement ‘Building the homes we need’.

New settlements must meet the deliverability tests set out within the NPPF and the Councils must be comfortable that sites will be built out at a rate which ensures they maintain a healthy supply of housing each year.

The Lichfields ‘Start to Finish’ report is helpful in identifying average build-out rates. Its latest findings conclude:
• On average, it will take 6.6 years from validation of the first application to the first dwelling being completed on schemes of 2,000 or more dwellings.
• On average, the annual build-out rate range for schemes of 2,000+ dwellings is between 100-188 dpa.
• On average, the annual build-out rate range for schemes of 500-999 dwellings is between 44-83 dpa.
• It is 34% quicker to deliver greenfield sites of 500 or more units than some brownfield sites.

The Estate has prepared separate representations in support of E1 Long Marston Airfield, within which the Estate own land, which conclude that this is one of the more sustainable potential locations.