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Representation ID: 60233

Received: 27/07/2013

Respondent: Gallagher Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The inclusion of the land at Lower Heathcote Farm within the RDS is appropriate, justified, effective, deliverable, consistent with national policy and soundly based:
* The site is proposed to accommodate 720 dwelling and a range of additional other uses including a local centre and community facilities, primary school, potentially land for a secondary school, extensive green infrastructure including a country park;
* It can be delivered in the manner envisaged by the RDS. The site is deliverable / developable in the terms identified at footnotes 11 and 12 of paragraph 47 of the NPPF;
* Gallagher Estates are committed to its delivery;
* All constraints of the site can be properly taken into account and a development incorporating up to 720 dwellings and a range of other uses can be provided;
* The site is available now, offers a suitable location for development now and there is every prospect that a number of houses can be delivered on the site within five years.
* There is the potential to bring forward the site in the short term and the land will then contribute to the 5 year supply of housing land.
* The delivery of this site will direct growth in a sustainable manner in the spirit of the NPPF and its clear presumption in favour of sustainable development.