Object
New Local Plan
Representation ID: 3670
Received: 02/04/2019
Respondent: Thurrock Borough Council
The Southend Issues and Options document includes a dwelling need of 18,000 to 24,000 dwellings as representing the Objectively Assessed Need (OAN) for housing in Southend for 20 years. The revised Government NPPF and Planning Guidance of February 2019 regarding updates the approach to the use of the Government standard methodology. The Government approach to assessing need produces a Southend housing need figure (23,580 dwellings over 20 years) which is at the higher end of the housing need range as set out in the Southend Issues and Options document and also therefore at the higher end of the unmet need as measured against current capacity assessments from urban sites.
Southend Council will need to ensure that in preparing its New Local Plan, it has reviewed and updated its OAN assessment to reflect the approach as set out by the Government and also any further evidence and updated joint work by the South Essex authorities on Strategic Housing Market Assessments. It is considered the lower need figure down to 18,000 dwellings no longer represents a housing need that complies with Government policy.
The Southend Issues and Options document includes a dwelling need of 18,000 to 24,000 dwellings as representing the Objectively Assessed Need (OAN) for housing in Southend for 20 years. The revised Government NPPF and Planning Guidance of February 2019 regarding updates the approach to the use of the Government standard methodology. The Government approach to assessing need produces a Southend housing need figure (23,580 dwellings over 20 years) which is at the higher end of the housing need range as set out in the Southend Issues and Options document and also therefore at the higher end of the unmet need as measured against current capacity assessments from urban sites.
Southend Council will need to ensure that in preparing its New Local Plan, it has reviewed and updated its OAN assessment to reflect the approach as set out by the Government and also any further evidence and updated joint work by the South Essex authorities on Strategic Housing Market Assessments. It is considered the lower need figure down to 18,000 dwellings no longer represents a housing need that complies with Government policy.