The Joint Parish Council continues to object to the Preferred Option level of growth. Previous consultation OVERWHELMINGLY supported lower levels of growth and the JPC does not find adequate evidence to support the chosen level. The JPC believes that growth should only be linked to predicted demand from the current population, closely matching housing and employment needs and should not be "encouraging" inward migration into the district.
In particular growth directed towards villages must take account of recent and currently proposed developments.
Agricultural land should wherever possible be protected and growth must not drive mineral demands from high quality land - other mineral options must be explored.