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ID sylw: 102630

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Miss Phoebe Withnall

Draft Policy Direction 1 assumes large-scale growth is inevitable withoutassessing its environmental impact or sustainability. The housing targets are treated as obligations rather than projections to be justified based on infrastructure, biodiversity loss, and transport capacity. The plan concedes that brownfield land is insufficient but promotes expansion into areas with poor public transport, increasing car dependency and air pollution. The inclusion of so much Green Belt land suggests protections are negotiable rather than upheld as a planning principle. Large-scale development risks permanent destruction of countryside and habitats, with no guarantee that it will be affordable.