Further Proposed Modifications to the North Hertfordshire Local Plan 2011- 2031

1: due to significantly increased grants of planning permissions and public announcements, Luton will be building around 14,700 Houses through to 2031 compared to 8,500 stated in the LBC Local plan.
2: an updated analysis of Luton's housing needs, carried out by Opinion Research Services in August 2020 at the request of the NHDC Inspector, showed that the previous housing requirements of 17,800 through 2031 would now be reduced to 16,700.
3: these two facts mean the unmet housing need from Luton drops to around 2,00 (16,700-14,700),compared to 9,300 (17,800-8,500) in Luton Local plan.
4: the Luton inspector - when giving the go-ahead for the Luton Local Plan in 2017 - stated the 'best fit' for any unmet housing Need was Central Beds which was committed to provide 7,350 dwellings. In fact it has allocated 20 sites with capacity for at least 8,850 dwellings from which to provide that help. Hundreds of those houses are already built or are under construction.
5: had Luton carried out it's Review, these figures would have come to light formally meaning that NHDC does not need to allow Development at EOL.
6: all this information Isis known to NHDC and yet it signed STATEMENT of COMMON GROUND in December 2020 (ED224) with Luton, Bloor Homes and the Crown Estate sticking to the out-of-date numbers to continue justifying it's EOL plans. Central Beds - The most important neighbouring local authority to Luton - was not a party to this statement.
7: Furthermore, there is no evidence at all that NHDC officials and council lots have carried out adequate, or even any, due diligence on Luton's housing figures. This is of extreme concern but we believe our investigations have identified the accurate facts.

Due to the information received from these seven bullet points and the extra inconveniences i:e extra traffic and congestion of the Roads in the Wigmore area, I strongly object to the building of 2,100 new homes on the green belt surrounding Cockernoe, Tea Green, Mangrove Green and Wandon End.