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Appendix 5: Detailed Site Assessment TablesGreen Hillsides noted in the Bath World Heritage Site Setting Study.The site location adjacent to the Lower Bristol Road gives rise to noise issues. This may impact on the quality of life and healthof site residents and may require landscaping and sensitive site design to reduce the impact of this.Potential forDevelopment andSuitabilityThe site is in a location with good access to services and facilities. The site could be developed for either permanent or transitpitch provision to make efficient use of the land. Development at this location would be consistent with national planning policyseeking a sustainable pattern of development that would assist social integration for the Traveller community. The allocation ofland away from existing residential properties means that there would be no negative impact on the living conditions of otherresidents.The allocation of this land within the Green Belt for development would meet an identified need for either permanent or transitpitch provision. Site size also enables the development of land capable of bringing forward a large proportion of the Council’stotal pitch provision. This would reduce the need to allocate land elsewhere in the District, including on land set within the GreenBelt.The benefits arising from the development of this site to meet a significant number of identified unmet need for Gypsy andTraveller pitches, together with the limited impact on the openness of the countryside outweighs the harm to the development ofland within the Green Belt.The principle of sites for Gypsies and Travellers is governed by Local Plan Policy HG.16. Policy CP.11 of the Submission DraftCore Strategy will replace LP Policy HG.16. The site is suitable in the context of these policies, subject to a full highwayassessment being conducted and a landscape management plan being put in place as part of the ongoing management of thissite, should it be allocated.Availability andAchievabilityThe site currently comprises unauthorised encampment, tolerated by the Council. The land is otherwise available fordevelopment within the next 5 years.Subject to a highway and transport assessment being completed, and appropriate measures put in place to ensure highway andpedestrian safety, there are no identified barriers to development of this land. Those works would have cost implications whichmay reduce the viability of the development of the site and would require further cost analysis.