Introduction 4.9 Spatial Characteristics, Issues and Opportunities

Quote from Core Strategy Document:
"These settlements/groups of settlements can be divided into four tiers, with the settlements in the higher tiers being more developed, subject to greater housing demand/need, and generally more suitable to accommodate additional housing for the reasons described above. The settlement hierarchy is as follows":
Tier Settlements
1 Rayleigh; Rochford/Ashingdon; Hockley/Hawkwell
2 Hullbridge; Great Wakering
3 Canewdon
4 All other settlements

In total, the document places 1020 dwellings in Rawreth (accepting the untruth statement that 550 are not actually in Rayleigh and 250 are not actually in Hullbridge). The other 220 dwellings are included using the proposal to be built on the brown-field site currently known as Rawreth Industrial Estate which is also in Rawreth.
The statement here does not portray the truth and therefore is unsound on the grounds, as stated in the document, "that the higher tiers are generally more suitable to accommodate additional housing for the reasons described above".
The table clearly shows that Rawreth is in Tier 4, thus not qualifying for a high level of development.
When RDC are questioned on this at council meetings, they always seem to skirt round it and never provide a satisfactory answer.