Chapter 3
Delivering Homes and Communities
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Update Chapter 3 and Chapter 11 to reflect the revised Joint Housing Strategy and all consequential amendments (including Chapter 2: Core Strategy).
It is submitted that the JHS and the targets included in the Draft Plan only addresses future population growth demand and does not address latent demand. It fails to account for the requirement for new housing units to house the existing population of the city which is subject to a very significant housing deficit. This deficit is composed of:
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The housing targets are prepared in accordance with s28 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Housing Needs and Demand Assessment (the GPAs). Recommendation No change.
Overcrowding numbers of independent adults are required to house share and often to share bedrooms when each requires an individual apartment. where large
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• The large number of people who are living and working in the city but unable to find any accommodation and are sleeping in hotels and hostels • The very significant proportion of the population who work and wish to live in the city but are forced to commute from distant suburbs and urgently need to relocate to the city centre or they will be forced to leave the region. The number of new housing units required in the city must be modified to reflect the existing unmet housing requirements in addition to future growth.
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