Object

Representation ID: 4201

Received: 16/12/2022

Respondent: Amadis Holdings Ltd

Agent: PlanIt

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The housing requirement proposed in the consultation draft Plan is below the Standard Method figure derived from the Council’s own SHMA. The SHMA fails to correctly factor in affordable housing need. The draft plans seeks to rely upon affordable housing delivery from the 4,000 dwellings proposed to meet the growth requirements of the conurbation to support the South Staffordshire affordable housing need. This is inappropriate given that these 4,000 dwellings are proposed to meet the growth requirements of the conurbation which has its own affordable housing needs.
No consideration has been given to increasing the minimum Standard Method housing figure to take into account the local authority’s economic growth aspirations and the fact that the age profile of South Staffordshire is increasing resulting in a decrease in the ‘pool’ of working age demographic. It may be necessary for the Council to allocate additional land for residential development ad safeguard land for future development.