No evidence is presented that the HMA shortfall which forms part of the total housing need has been properly examined and audited by the Council. Solihull should not accept making up the shortfall unless the measures taken to bring into use brown-field sites for new housing have been tested and challenged. For example, we need to see evidence that the relevant council has taken all steps to find the person(s) responsible for the land, if contaminated, to try to get the person(s) responsible to voluntarily remediate the land, and at the end of the day to take legal action to force the person(s) responsible to remediate the land, so that it becomes suitable for new housing.