Appendix A: ESBC’s housing units allocation to villages

Development in the village over the next “20” years is based upon the work detailed in the ESBC’s Settlement Hierarchy Topic Paper 2014

The Introduction to the Settlement Hierarchy Topic Paper (SHTP) include the following clauses:-

1.3   In order to maintain an up to date evidence base for the Local Plan the Settlement Hierarchy has been updated again to ensure that this evidence base document remains current. This is particularly important given that the survey work undertaken includes the assessment of a large number of services and facilities to build a settlement score and any change of facilities or services could change a settlement’s position in the hierarchy. This latest assessment is based on the same methodology as the 2012 assessment and is therefore a direct update of the primary and secondary research. The Settlement Hierarchy therefore provides an up-to-date snapshot in time of the facilities and accessibility to services within the different settlements of East Staffordshire and represents the most up to date position at the point of submitting the Local Plan.

1.4 In accordance with the principles of sustainable development new development should be located close to services and facilities with good public transport provision…………………………..

Details of the methodology and the process of how 40 houses were allocated to the village starts in Section 3 (page 6 of the attached file)

In Appendix 2 & 3 (page 23 of the attached file) in can be seen how incorrect information was used to determine the village score. ESBC declined to correct this before presenting the document for examination by the Planning Inspector as part of the Local Plan review.