Object
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 16042
Received: 13/05/2016
Respondent: Elizabeth Finn Care
Agent: Strutt & Parker LLP
We note that sites have been selected based on a "sequential approach to sustainable land use" (paragraph 7.29 of the DLP). This appears to result in any site within an existing settlement boundary being automatically considered more sustainable than brownfield sites in the Green Belt, which in turn are considered inherently more sustainable than any greenfield site in the Green Belt. We question the soundness of such a simplistic approach to the consideration of sustainability, and whether this approach will result in the most sustainable strategy when considered against the reasonable alternatives. Furthermore, it is unclear whether a Green Belt review has been undertaken prior to this filtering process to determine whether all land currently allocated as such meets the purposes of including land in the Green Belt, as set out in the NPPF.
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