Object

Representation ID: 15109

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey

Agent: Lichfields

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Strongly support delivery of affordable housing as part of residential developments. However, a number of concerns over the detail (or lack of) contained within Policy P4A which are considered unsound as drafted.
Part 3
To be Sound, the level of affordable housing proposed needs to be justified by the evidence and currently the Local Plan does not appear to tie in with the more
recent Viability Study. At the current time, there are concerns with some of the details in the Viability Study (the ‘evidence’) that need to be addressed to make
the evidence base robust and the Policy Sound. These are summarised below and explain in more detail in the Bruton Knowles ‘Response the Cushman Wakefield
Study’ attached to these representations:
1. Typologies to include the entire range of potential sites from the largest to the smallest, so that parameters can be tested.
2. Housing mix to reflect need and demand.
3. Consistency regarding Benchmark Land Value.
4. Infrastructure costs to be revised to 2020.
5. Consistency regarding construction costs.
6. Contractors profit to be reinstated for base build costs.
7. Transparency regarding cashflow modelling, enhancements, etc.
8. Consistency with retirement care homes.
9. Sensitivity testing to be undertaken.