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ID sylw: 108167

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bellway Homes (West Midlands)

Asiant : Cerda Planning

Policy Direction 7 – Green Belt
Although Bellway’s site at Bordon Hill is outside of the Green Belt, we support the Councils approach to undertaking a Green Belt review as an integral part of the evidence base underpinning the SWLP.
We attended the workshop run by the two Councils during which focussed working groups were formed to discuss how the SWLP housing requirements (at that time based upon the HEDNA and not reflective of the now far higher Standard Method) could be sustainably distributed across the plan area. It was clear that with a ‘policy off’ approach the distribution of housing was

challenging, in a ‘policy on’ scenario excluding the Green Belt it was not possible to deliver a sustainable development strategy. Applying the Standard Method makes the position more acute still.
It is clear therefore that Green Belt release is an essential component to the SWLP, and as a result undertaking a Green Belt Review is vital if the SWLP is to be found sound – put simply, the plan cannot proceed without Green Belt release.