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 would appear to suggest that a number of existing residential allocations in the emerging Core Strategy on former employment sites should be reallocated for employment development.

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.