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Representation ID: 65475

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: King Henry VIII Endowed Trust (Warwick)

Agent: AMEC

The District Council's decision to review Green Belt boundaries is consistent with national planning policy guidance. The lack of suitable and available sites to meet objectively assessed housing needs provides the exceptional circumstances for a review of Green Belt boundaries. However before land can be released from the Green Belt for development it has to be shown that doing so would not be in conflict with the fundamental aim of Green Belt policy nor the stated five purposes it serves (refer NPPF paragraphs 79 - 80). This has been achieved via the Warwick District Council's own review of village green belt boundaries undertaken in 2013 to inform the Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundary Consultation (November 2013).
We consider the approach adopted in the District Council's Green Belt study to be sound and the key findings robust.