Justification for the Preferred Options

The Council carried out a consultation on Issues and Options for the new local plan from 3rd June - 14 August 2013. Comments were invited on various options that could form new planning policies.

We have conisdered the responses to that consultation, and comments made in the Sustainability Appraisal report that was produced for that consultation.

The following tables set out the options that were considered, and why they have been accepted or rejected, to explain why the policies in the Preferred Options plan are considered to be the most appropriate.