We welcome the aspirations to optimise the capacity of potential housing sites, but also recognise that housing should meet the needs of the whole housing market and that includes the demand for both smaller and larger dwellings, which would have an impact on housing densities. The most efficient use of land should be sought though good design having regard to local characteristics, the type and range of housing provided and prevailing national planning policy. Those sites in the most sustainable locations (within town centres and transport corridors), which
have the ability to access services by means other than private car (public transport, cycling and walking) are maximised and should seek to have a higher net density (circa. 50 dwellings or more per hectare).