It is inevitable that there will be a delay to at least some of the identified development sites in the Submission Plan coming forward and/or the rate of their delivery will not be high as currently anticipated. That inevitability should be addressed at the outset rather than monitored and managed. The proposal to incorporate an uplift of 20% above the OAN into the housing requirement in Policies SS1 and H1 is therefore, supported. That approach reflects the positive plan led approach to ensuring the delivery of sustainable development to actually meet the HMA's housing needs as required the NPPF (para 150-151). However, the uplift must be applied to the true OAN (i.e. the HEDNA OAN plus the recommended uplift to reflect the growth of Magna Park) and across the extended plan period to 2036.

Moreover, the housing requirement uplift should not be used as both a contingency guarding against a shortfall in delivery in the District and a potential contribution to unmet needs arising elsewhere in the Housing Market Area (HMA). Unmet needs arising in the wider HMA must be directly addressed as set out below, and should form an specific part of the overall housing requirement with a shortfall contingency uplift applied to the total requirement.