Object

Representation ID: 14207

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: Generator (Balsall) & Minton

Agent: DS Planning

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Plan fails to set out the current or future need for specialist housing for older people, for either care beds or extra care units required. Whilst Policy P4E requires sites of over 300 units to provide specialist housing or care bed spaces in accordance with the Council’s most up to date statement of need on older persons accommodation, there is no mechanism for delivery. Needs Report (January 2020) concludes there is a compelling need for both care bed spaces and extra units now, which will increase substantially over the next 10 years. Plan should be much more supportive of specialist housing