14.1 Inevitably housing will come forward and be developed in the large, medium and small villages, either through site allocations or as windfall development. The Council understands that the character of many of these settlements is very important to local people and whilst the rural settlements had settlement boundaries in the approved Local Plan, as discussed above, it is believed that these have not allowed for enough flexibility in the delivery of housing and this has contributed to the present lack of a 5-year supply of housing land and a squeeze on the character and uniqueness of the District`s settlements.

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