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Object

Representation ID: 26424

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Persimmon Homes

Agent: Persimmon Homes

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

It is also reasonable to question what time period is being used to define if the SHMA is up to date, in addition to recognition that market forces move quicker than the updating of evidence bases that support Local Plans. Defining what those time periods are would allow for clarity in future discussions on what weight can be afforded to alternative sources of evidence against the SHMA, but also provide developers with an element of certainty in discussions that appropriate sources of evidence have been referred to. Persimmon also endorse the statements made by the HBF.