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I am pleased to note the revision by WDC of the plan for the 'Kingswood Settlement'. I am generally supportive of these proposals. However I would like to raise the following points :

1. Phasing of the Development.
Presumably this will embrace the full duration of the Plan. If built in the early years this would cause problems re adaptation of infrastructure and create pressure from outside interests to build more (?).

2. Priority to affordable housing should be given to people with local connections.

3. The boundaries defining ' Kingswood Settlement ' are sensibly defined. Pressure to build outside this boundary should be strongly resisted as this would lead to the destruction of the character of the settlement and put impossible pressures on basic elements of the infrastructure notably sewage and general drainage.