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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Lovell Strategic Land

Asiant : Carter Jonas

In light of the extent of the substantial unmet needs for housing as shown in the above section, and the lack of sufficient capacity for development as confirmed by the Council’s Brownfield Land Registers, we consider that the Council should not be reliant upon the supply of brownfield land in addressing the need for growth.

It is significant that developments on brownfield land or previously developed land often experience financial viability issues due to high abnormal costs often associated with remediation activities, which would result in a reduction in the provision of affordable housing relative to the policy level set out in the Plan’s Vision and Objectives.

As such, and for the Plan to be robust and effective, we urge the Council to prioritise the allocation of potential strategic growth locations, in particular those on non-Green Belt areas, including this Site