Whilst I understand the reason for requesting responses via the online Portal and requesting a summary responses of less than 100 words where full response exceeds 100 words (for ease of reading), this does not allow for an effective or reasonable consultation if the full response is not considered in depth. It merely serves to limit respondents replies and preclude provision of supporting explanation or evidence, which should be helpful to the Council (therefore I suggest that full responses are wholly considered).

Whilst not a statutory consultation, the Council should welcome the views of its constituents and provide full scope for them to do so. I therefore consider the consultation timeframe (from 30 January to 15 March 2019) to be too short to enable a full capture of views.

In addition, I believe the questions set out under each settlement area are limited inasmuch as they merely focus on whether the proposed allocations are acceptable, however the questions do not allow for expansion to include suggestions for additional or alternative allocations.

In summary, I strongly object to some of the principles set out in this consultation, primarily the imbalanced and uneven distribution of new homes proposed for the Blythe area, versus other areas. This imbalance appears unacceptable, and a fair Draft Local Plan would be one which allocated new housing sites broadly equally amongst the different regions/villages. I therefore suggest that full consideration is given to a capping of allocated sites for each settlement area based on the percentage increase represented versus the current housing stock.