The Core Strategy must be underpinned by a robust evidence base that is constantly reviewed to inform decision and plan making. The policies and proposals must therefore be both informed by and assessed against relevant available evidence. This affirms the point that NSC has elected to disregard part of the evidence that is critical to the successful delivery of emerging RSS.

We fully agree that the Core Strategy must be underpinned by a robust evidence base. However, the Environment Agency does not support the current Level 2 SFRA, which is incomplete.

Require the evidence base.