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Representation ID: 259

Received: 07/03/2014

Respondent: Home Builders Federation Ltd (HBF)

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

The plan is unsound because it has not demonstrated the duty to co-operate with neighbouring local authorities to deal with the apparent short fall in housing supply in both Suffolk Coastal and Mid-Suffolk districts. In addition the 2012 SHMA indicates unmet housing need in Ipswich, but unlike the other authorities Ipswich has not based its forecast on the SHMA. All four Ipswich Policy Area authorities should draw up a co-ordinated plan for housing need taking into account unmet need in London and Essex because of forecast jobs growth which could not be met from the local population alone.