Richborough Estates Partnership LLP welcome the conclusion in the Sustainability Addendum Report (February 2016) that the spatial strategy of locating new development in and around the urban areas (including Green Belt releases), in sustainable villages and along transport corridors remains appropriate, particularly because of the increased objectively assessed housing need.

Although non-Green Belt sites are to be preferred, the combination of the housing need and the sustainability of Green Belt locations chosen for release in terms of access to services, employment, education and public transport amount to the exceptional circumstances required by paragraph 83 of the National Planning Policy Framework to review Green Belt boundaries.