Purpose

The Council is required to understand housing
needs for the extended Local Plan period and to fully explore the
avenues that might justify the exceptional approach of departing
from the Standard Methodology set out in Government guidance.
Due to the sensitivities around this piece of work, it is
imperative to award this work to a company without a conflicting
interest and with a knowledge of the unique demographic and
economic factors that have influenced objectively-assessed housing
need calculations previously

Content

To procure an advice note from Rapleys &
HDH Planning.

To apply an exemption from the Procurement Procedure Rules due to
the specialist, technical nature of the service being
provided.