Gladman recognise the importance of new development opportunities to provide appropriate mixes of housing types, sizes and tenures to meet the identified housing needs of the area. It is important to note that the housing mix as identified in the Council’s latest evidence base only represents a snapshot in time in relation to the current housing needs.

As such, the policy should provide for flexibility going forward so that the Plan is able to respond to changes in circumstances at the time of an application being submitted to the local planning authority so that development opportunities can make better use of the land available whilst responding to the housing needs at that time. In this instance, Gladman support the general approach of the policy, particularly sub-criterion 3 which allows flexibility within the mix and variety of dwellings sizes for market dwellings.