Support is given to Spatial Option H1. These sites often require less infrastructure than larger sites and have shorter delivery timescales. They also provides sites suitable for a broader range of housebuilders and allow smaller villages to thrive by providing a wider choice of housing. This is all endorsed in the Housing White Paper.

To avoid piecemeal release of Green Belt sites, a threshold should be set of approximately 1 hectare. These should be located adjacent to villages and close to the urban edge, where there is access to facilities and/or include brownfield sites which are presently washed with the Green Belt designation.