Object
Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review - Final Draft
Representation ID: 26300
Received: 28/02/2020
Respondent: Constable Homes Ltd
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Paragraph 73 (NPPF) states 20% buffer to the five year supply should be applied. This adds to significant challenge of meeting 75% of need. Assumed date is February 2021. No buffer applied to Policy CS7. To be effective, a buffer equivalent to one year’s supply (445 dwellings) should be added to five year housing land supply. Council is in a critical position of acute under supply and failing to quantify the need increases likelihood that unmet need won't be addressed. An immediate review of the Plan will be necessary if the Council is only targeting a capped need figure.
In order for the Plan to be effective, a buffer equivalent to one year’s supply (445 dwellings) units should be added to the five year housing land supply.