Retail needs are not really considered within the plan.
To think that in 2017 a house wife with children living in a new house on Ashton Rise for example will do her weekly shop at a store 800m away on foot is not realistic

Villages that are considered sustainable by definition should have a post office, shop and public house is not an appropriate definition as this situaation can and does change frequently, witness the number of recent pub closures in the villages between Harborough and lutterworth