NLP was appointed by CALA Homes (South) Ltd in November 2010 to carry out research on the need for housing in Winchester to support its representations to the emerging Core Strategy and to present evidence to the appeal in respect of its proposals north of Winchester.
The 2000-dwelling urban extension had been the focus of CALA’s successful High Court challenge to the Secretary of State’s attempted revocation of Regional Strategies.
NLP’s study applied a range of demographic, economic and housing factors to a number of scenarios of future housing requirement in the district. NLP also assessed the economic impacts of different levels of future housing provision.
At the subsequent public inquiry, NLP gave expert evidence on the role of Barton Farm proposals in helping to meet the need for housing in Winchester and in delivering an appropriate mix of dwellings.