-MM/017 Cliftonville, Westgate and Garlinge, Birchington and Minster will no longer be deemed semi rural as there will be no green fields so I think this is now inaccurate to call them semi rural if all this development goes ahead.

The modification is welcomed and supported

It remains unclear whether this policy and associated ones will require relevant additional retail floorspace to be subject to passing the impact test or not. Whilst there appears to be an ambition to turn Westwood into a town centre it also identifies its current fragmented nature which clearly evidences it's current status as typical of out of town development. The local plan should clarify that retail development at Westwood remains subject to the impact test on genuine town centres including