Site Specific Policies DPD

Consultation with Statutory Bodies (April - May 2004)

Preferred Options Consultation (October - November 2004)

Pre-Submission Consultation (June - July 2005)

Submission (January 2006)

Objection Sites Consultations (March - April 2006, June - July 2006 and June - July 2007)

Examination (November 2007 - January 2008, March 2008, May 2008, May 2009 and July 2009)

Responding to a Housing Shortfall Consultation (October - December 2008)

Following the examination hearings, the Inspectors' announced that they had found a shortfall in the dwelling capacity of land allocated in the various DPDs submitted in January 2006. That shortfall amounted to about 2,200 dwellings. The Inspectors asked the Council to assess additional site options to make up the housing shortfall and to put forward its preferred sites for them to consider.

The Council's formal response to the Inspectors is set out in the following document: Responding to a Housing Shortfall - The Councils Preferred Sites (March 2009). Since the publication of this document, the Council has updated its housing land supply. Housing Land Supply: Update to 31 March 2009 includes an updated Table B1 and Table 1, and sets out the calculations used to conclude the surplus of 24 dwellings by 2016.