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Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Maureen Randerson

Asiant : Sworders

- It is clear that the Strategic Growth proposals will not maintain the housing development required over the plan period and particularly in the short term the five-year housing requirement will need to be met by development in and around existing settlements. Whilst we agree with the broad approach of allowing some development outside the main Strategic growth areas and potential new settlements, the draft policy direction makes little reference to the importance of small-scale development to preserve the vitality of smaller settlements and would limit growth of some of the larger settlements that do not lie within the Priority Areas 1-3. Policy Direction 3 should allow for small scale development to meet local housing need and support existing services within settlements that do not have an adopted Neighbourhood Plan or do not have any settlement boundaries. The draft policy does not recognise the importance of local sustainability, many smaller villages which do not have settlement boundaries such as Avon Dassett have a range of services and facilities which reduce the need to travel be car. Policy Direction 3, in line with para 83 of the NPPF should provide for the provision of small sites within existing settlements without settlement boundaries to deliver appropriate levels of growth and to meet local housing need that will support the vitality of communities and the viability of existing services and facilities. As such Draft Policy 3 is not consistent with national policy and therefore the plan is not sound in accordance with para 36(d).