We do not support Option 1B. We believe it places an over reliance on brownfield/windfall sites and there is no real certainty that further employment land can be released over the plan period to provide housing opportunities. Indeed, current evidence already suggests that the reliance on occupied employment sites is failing to secure the delivery of a sufficient number of houses in order to meet the current annualised target which is well below what will be needed following the review.

In this context, we consider that Option 1B would not meet the objectives of the housing policies of the Framework, particularly those that require the planning system to "boost significantly" the supply of housing land and to ensure that the allocations are deliverable and developable in the context of the requirements of paragraph 47 of the Framework.