1.  That a local housing target of 10,080 dwellings and a development distribution for new housing as set out in Appendix C of the report of the Director of Change, Planning and the Environment be agreed for the period 2006 to 2026 as the basis for the initial Core Strategy consultation document; and

2.  That a decision on the distribution of employment land be deferred to enable officers to:

a)  undertake further work on updating employment data to a base date of 2010;

b)  investigate opportunities for alternative potential employment sites that can support a dispersed pattern of development better suited to the housing locations to replace a critical mass of employment land of 11 hectares at J8 of the M20 motorway

and report back to Cabinet in April when the draft Core Strategy will be considered for publication consultation.

3.  That the revised Core Strategy programme, as set out below, be agreed:-