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ID sylw: 108368

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mackenzie Miller Homes

Asiant : Lichfields (Birmingham)

8.1 Mackenzie Miller Homes is supportive of protecting the Green Belt and generally supports
the Draft Policy Direction 7 – Green Belt. It should be noted that Mackenzie Miller Homes’
Site is not within the designated Green Belt.
8.2 While Green Belt land can offer a more sustainable location for development to promote
sustainable patterns, even when other greenfield land is available, the SWCs should also
consider sustainably located greenfield land, especially if it aligns with the proposed Spatial
Growth Strategy.
8.3 Mackenzie Miller Homes acknowledges that the SWLP may need to release Green Belt land
due to the significant housing needs of the SWCs under the new SM. It is apparent that
exceptional circumstances can be demonstrated, and Green Belt release should be
considered alongside brownfield and greenfield land. Nonetheless, the NPPF outlines a
'sequential approach' in Paragraph 147a,
“Before concluding that exceptional circumstances exist to justify changes to Green Belt
boundaries, the strategic policy-making authority should be able to demonstrate that it
has examined fully all other reasonable options for meeting its identified need for
development. This will be assessed through the examination of its strategic policies, which
will take into account the preceding paragraph and whether the strategy:
a makes as much use as possible of suitable brownfield sites and underutilised
land”
8.4 Therefore, Mackenzie Miller Homes strongly believes that the SWLP should direct growth
to Shipston and allocate Mackenzie Miller Homes’ Site in the SWLP, following the
'sequential approach' before releasing Green Belt land as per the relevant sections of the
NPPF.