Yes. Nurton Developments, as site promoter, supports the allocation of Site 25. Nurton Developments has previously submitted a Vision Document (Local Plan Consultation, February 2017) to demonstrate that the site is developable and free of major constraints. The site would deliver c100 dwellings in a location adjacent and well related to the built up area of Hockley Heath, within convenient walking distance of a range of village facilities. In particular, being located opposite the village primary school, the site would offer opportunities for walking to school and thus would minimise car travel.

Hockley Heath is a sustainable location for growth and this development would support the existing range of village facilities (e.g. pubs, restaurants, a café, take-away establishments, a convenience shop, butchers, post office, dentist, a physiotherapy clinic, hairdressers, various other retail shops and a community hall).

The site is very well contained by existing built development and the Stratford upon Avon Canal, which has a substantial visual buffer of mature trees along it. As such one of the site's main strengths is that the Green Belt could be re-drawn to a robust and defensible boundary, using readily recognisable features that are likely to be permanent, as required by paragraph 139 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

As described in response to Question 19, the site offers an opportunity to resolve issues with on-street parking for the primary school and potentially provide a location for off street parking as well as expansion of the primary school.

Due to the scale of the site it will play an important contribution in meeting the housing needs shortfall, particularly in the short- and medium-term. A development of c100 dwellings is likely to deliver 50 dwellings per annum with development being commenced within 2 years of the adoption of the Local Plan. As such it can make a more immediate contribution to meeting housing needs than some of the much larger allocations, which take longer to come forward and require substantial infrastructure improvement up-front.

The draft concept masterplan for the site is that put forward by Nurton Developments to the Local Plan consultation in February 2017. Since then, the community consultation undertaken in September 2017 put forward 3 different masterplan options for consultation. The masterplanning process is ongoing and is being informed by responses to consultation and by various environmental studies, so it will be subject to change. However Nurton Developments supports the general principles set out alongside the draft concept masterplan and site analysis in the consultation documents.