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Object

Representation ID: 850

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The modelling is flawed because: the data is not up to date (e.g. EEFM 2013 run should have been used); DCLG's 2011 household projections were not considered; Ipswich household data is at odds with the Census figure; household growth is out of balance with jobs; travel to work data has not been used. EEFM forecasts jobs growth to 2031 9 times faster than took place 1991-2011 which calls the forecasts into question. More care is needed in interpreting forecasts, and longer term trends should be looked at. Thus the population and household targets need revision.