Issue - meetings

Minute 373 refers

RESOLVED – that the Economic Evidence to Support the Development of the OAHN for West Essex and East Herts, September 2015, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform and support preparation of the East Herts District Plan.

(see also Minute 465)

Minute 9 refers

The Executive considered and supported the recommendations of the District Planning Executive Panel meeting held on 22 October 2015, on the Economic Evidence to Support the Development of the Objectively Assessed Housing Need (OAHN) for West Essex and East Herts, September 2015.

RECOMMENDED – that the Economic Evidence to Support the Development of the OAHN for West Essex and East Herts, September 2015, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform and support preparation of the East Herts District Plan.

(see also Minute 380)

The Panel considered a report presenting the findings of the economic evidence prepared for the Co-operation for Sustainable Development Board (The Board) to support the development of the Objectively Assessed Housing Need (OAHN) for West Essex and East Herts who shared a housing market area.  The report also sought the Panel’s agreement to use the report as part of the evidence base to inform and support preparation of the District Plan.

The Panel was advised that a range of future job growth figures were available ranging from 435 to 505 additional jobs per year.  The subsequent uplift in the housing projection would ensure that these jobs would be filled from within the Strategic Housing Market Area (SHMA) area.

The Panel supported the recommendation now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that the Economic Evidence to Support the Development of the OAHN for West Essex and East Herts, September 2015, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform and support preparation of the East Herts District Plan.