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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Magdalen College, Oxford

Asiant : Savills

It is clear that this Plan will be examined against the 2024 NPPF, as confirmed by the transitional arrangement at Paragraph 234 of that document. Therefore, this Plan must be written in a way to accommodate the full housing need of the area, as calculated by the 2024 NPPF Standard Method.
The Draft Policy Direction recognises this reality by mentioning both the HEDNA figure of 41,975 dwellings across the Plan period (at 1,679 dwellings per annum (dpa)) and the Standard Method figure of 54,700 dwellings at 2,188 dpa. Magdalen College, Oxford’s view is that the Plan must proceed on the basis of the higher NPPF figure to ensure a sound Spatial Strategy.
The publication of the 2024 NPPF was part of the Government’s aims to deliver a universal, ambitious local plan coverage, which is seen as being vital to deliver the Government’s commitments to achieve economic growth and build 1.5 million new homes. It is paramount that the Local Plan sets an ambitious agenda for growth in the district that seeks to allocate sufficient land to accommodate the 54,700 dwellings required by the 2024 NPPF.
It is likely that to achieve this higher target, the Council will need to allocate a wide range of sites, from new settlements, strategic urban extensions to towns and smaller sites in sustainable villages. The Council should “leave no stone unturned” in its search for additional sites.
It is not clear from the Draft Policy Direction to what extent this Plan will seek to allocate sufficient land to meet the housing target and what
proportion will be left to Part 2 of the Local Plan and Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDPs). Given the scale of the housing need identified by the 2024 NPPF, the approach is lacking in detail and certainty.

The College considers that its site at Goose Lane, Lower Quinton should be considered favourably for allocation in this Plan, as explored further within our representations. Magdalen College, Oxford considers that its site Adjacent to former Long Marston Depot, west of Campden Road (HELAA Refs 273 and 832) should be considered favourably for allocation in this Plan as explored further below.