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Object

Representation ID: 617

Received: 02/10/2013

Respondent: Anderson Group

Agent: Bidwells

1. The amount of housing growth is unjustified in the absence of credible evidence.
2. The distribution of growth is unjustified because the evidence underpinning the preferred
growth option is unsound
3. The spatial strategy is not fully justified in light of the alternatives, it is undeliverable, and it is not compliant with the National Planning Policy Framework
4. Blackmore is a Larger Village in the settlement hierarchy but would only be apportioned a negligible amount of growth commensurate with the Smaller Villages simply because itdoes not have as much brownfield land as the other Larger Villages in accordance with the
preferred spatial strategy. This approach is unsustainable and unjustified.

Bidwells recommends that the Council revisits its evidence base to objectively assess the level of requisite growth, and then plan accordingly at the earliest opportunity.