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3.0 MethodologyLong List of Sites3.1 Potential sites for assessment were established from a review ofCouncil owned land and land in private ownership brought forwardthrough the Call for Sites. This resulted in a longlist of 23 potentialsites. These sites are shown on a District-wide map in Appendix A.3.2 The longlist of sites were then subject to assessment against thecomplete site scoring matrix consulted on as part of the Issues andOptions consultation. The completed site scoring matrix is included atAppendix B and shows the wide range of ‘scores’ reached by thismethod.Rejecting Sites3.3 The scoring matrix, as well as indicating a scale of relativesustainability, identified a number of significant constraints ondevelopment of sites. The weightings applied to the four mainconstraints – Green Belt, landscape or wildlife designation, flood riskand contaminated land, highlight those sites with the most importantphysical or policy-lead constraints to development.3.4 Those sites identified as being within and thus impacting adversely onthe national landscape designation, the Cotswolds Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty were rejected. The full list of rejected sites is includedat Appendix C.3.5 Of particular importance is the need to identify sites outside the GreenBelt due to national and local policy restrictions on development onland covered by that designation. This includes the most recent policyincluded in Planning for Traveller Sites which states that Traveller sitesin the Green Belt are inappropriate development. This policy states thatsites should not be located within the Green Belt except in very specialcircumstances.