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The 12,300 overall target is based on a series of assumptions that mean it is not suitable as a figure to be used at this stage. Furthermore housing allocation is yet to be assessed with neighbouring Councils.

The assessment of capacity within and around villages is flawed and not yet advanced enough to inform target dwelling numbers per settlement. Targets should not be displayed or fixed at this stage because the Draft Settlement Hierarchy Report 2013:

1. Is a draft report as mentioned in the introduction by WDC,

2. Is, by admission, open to debate (paragraph 4.14)

3. Takes no account in its marking, whatsoever, of whether a particular settlement is within the Green Belt. This is a fundamental for a sequential test in determining suitable locations for development.

4. Requires more work, by WDC's admission, on site and planning policy constraints.

5. Is extremely arbitrary in its scoring system.

6. Is prone to inaccurate data affecting results (for example Hatton Park showed 2020 people, if this were 21 fewer then it would score 2 points less, putting it on a par with Bubbenhall which is a 'Small and Feeder Village' with no housing target - instead Hatton Park is a Secondary Service Village with a target of 70-90 dwellings).

7. Was not made available for public consultation.