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Local Plan 2015-2030 Preferred Options for Consultation
Representation ID: 476
Received: 02/10/2013
Respondent: West Horndon Parish Council
Agent: SJK Planning
3. A large proportion of the land allocation at West Horndon is within Metropolitan Green Belt, and no exceptional circumstances have been put forward to justify release.
The larger part of the allocation is within Green Belt. NPPF guidance is clear that development in Green Belt is by definition inappropriate and harmful.
Exceptional circumstances must exist to justify the loss of Green Belt land. The Government has recently clarified that housing demand is unlikely to constitute the exceptional circumstances to justify such loss. The Borough's Plan contradicts this by suggesting that Green Belt should be released to satisfy housing demand.
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