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Representation ID: 44769

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Consortium of Developers

Number of people: 4

Agent: Turley Associates

Supply
• The proposed supply of 47,837 new homes between 2020 and 2039 is the equivalent of 2,518 dwellings per annum. As demonstrated at page 11 of the enclosed report, this is less than what the authorities have delivered per annum for the last six years (2,863 dwellings per annum). Whilst the supply within the urban area may be more exhausted going forward than in those previous six years, this level of delivery demonstrates the scale of demand in the Black Country and that the market is capable of absorbing it.

• The proposed supply therefore threatens to reduce the recent rate of delivery across the Black Country by 12%. Demographic modelling suggests that this would dramatically slow the recent rate of population growth and effectively force around 5,500 residents to move elsewhere every year, over three times more than in recent years.

• The recent increased supply of homes has directly contributed to the area more effectively attracting and retaining people than it has historically. One benefit of this is that the Black Country’s working age population has grown3. The proposed supply in the draft Black Country Plan therefore risks this recent trend and ultimately will result in reducing the size of the working age population