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Policy CS13 Job Growth.
The policy indicates that housing allocation is mainly justified by job growth in the Ipswich Policy area. Job growth has stalled over the last few years and the global economic growth forecast for the foreseeable future is not good. Although we support job growth, the figure of 12,500 within the Ipswich bounday which equates to a 17% increase, seems optimistic. Also recent evidence of national job growth suggests that a proportion is in part time or zero contract positions. The forecast model used to assess the housing requirement based on job growth prediction should take the above caveat into consideration when predicting housing needs.