The Areas of Separation designated and shown on the Policies Map should include the area of land between the Fleckney Parish boundary to the south-east of the Village and the built area of Saddington Village because of its importance to both settlements.

This section of the Plan sets out the policy where there is a potential risk of new development resulting in the coalescence of settlements and the establishment of areas of separation to ensure that development does not harmfully reduce the separation between settlements.

Notwithstanding that reference is made to 'Other Areas of Separation may be added by future neighbourhood plans' it is the Parish Council's view that the area of land between the parish boundary to the south-east of the Village and the built area of Saddington Village, because of its importance to both settlements, should be designated as an area of separation.

The designation of this area as an area of separation is necessary in order to prevent harmful development extending in to the open countryside and prevent merging of the two settlements to ensure that the identity and distinctiveness of both settlements is maintained as well as their landscape setting, built environment and the views across open countryside.