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In justifying the preferred option for location of new housing in the local plan the proposal fails to demonstrate 'exceptional circumstances' such as 'insufficient suitable and available sites outside of the Green Belt' are available.

Indeed it highlights sites are available (in paragraph 7.29) where it states that 'the SHLAA identified a capacity of 7,200 dwellings' outside the Green Belt. These sites are concentrated in the area around Europa Way, Gallows Hill and Harbury Lane as well as to the south and east of Whitnash'

It then goes on to provide subjective arguments in 7.30 and 7.31 for ignoring this information, and no evidence to justify ignoring the NPPF advise on the exceptional circumstances needed to justify Green Belt development