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Form ID: 82338

Respondent: Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council

Q-H1-1: The HEDNA is proposing that we move away from an approach where future household needs are based on the 2014-based household projections towards a trend-based approach. Do you think that the HEDNA evidence provides a reasonable basis for identifying future levels of housing need across South Warwickshire?

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Q-H1-2: If your answer to H1-1 is No, what would be a more appropriate approach to calculating future housing needs for this Local Plan?

Strategic cross boundary issue 1 Development Requirements - The Issues and Options (I&O) document refers to the Coventry & Warwickshire Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA). NBBC have commissioned a report called 'Towards a Housing Requirement for Nuneaton & Bedworth', which is intended to supplement and be read alongside the HEDNA. The report considers wider issues than those covered in the HEDNA which will impact on Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough's development requirements and may have implications for the South Warwickshire Plan. The report provides justification that NBBC should plan for higher housing provision than the minimum housing need of 409-437 dpa identified in the HEDNA and is referenced in Table 9 of the I&O document. The report recommends provision of a housing target of around 545 dpa as necessary to positively support economic growth, sustainable regeneration of town centres, and the delivery of affordable housing. Strategic cross boundary issue 2 Duty to Cooperate - the statutory duty to cooperate to achieve sound plans required each Council sign Memorandums of Understanding committing to delivering the unmet housing and employment needs of Coventry City Council. The current consultation on the revised NPPF indicates the duty to co-operate is to be replaced with an alignment policy. The details of the alignment policy are not yet known and will be subject to a further consultation. The duty will remain in place until the alignment policy comes into effect. NBBC has withdrawn from the current memorandum of understanding (MoU) and will seek to negotiate an appropriate arrangement with sub-regional partners which will support the required growth in the Borough. Strategic cross boundary issue 3 Work on other strategic matters have been instigated across the wider sub- region through the Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Association of Planning Officers (CSWAPO). The outcomes of this research should enable informed choices as work on respective Plan reviews progress.

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