Q2 - Site Selection Process

The site selection process is flawed:

All reasonable alternatives have not been examined (bearing in mind the need to extend the Plan period to at least 2035)

* All reasonable alternatives have not been examined, in particular, options put forward in the Strategic Growth Study
* The Spatial Strategy has not been up-dated to cover options identified in the Strategic Growth Study
* The site selection process is flawed / applied inconsistently
* There is undue reliance on larger sites rather that small and medium-sized sites
* There is no consideration of safeguarded land, long-term development needs and an enduring Green Belt boundary

The housing requirement figure is too high

* The margin is excessive
* The housing requirement figure would result in build rates that are unachievable
* Suitable sites to meet the requirement have not / cannot been identified
* The housing requirement figure needs to be reduced
* The sustainability of the proposed contribution to the HMA shortfall needs to be examined bearing in mind the principal contribution of the Green Belt in key parts of the Borough and the shortage of suitable sites