Whilst it is acknowledged that the Council is not currently able to demonstrate the availability a deliverable five year supply of housing land and that there is a presumption in favour of sustainable development, the cumulative detrimental impact of the development does not outweigh the benefit secured by the additional supply of housing land and the development is considered to be unsustainable. The cumulative detrimental impacts are considered to be the remoteness of the site from local services and facilities and lack of good access to existing public transport systems which would help to reduce car use and the failure of the proposals to adequately protect the ecology and biodiversity of the site and the adjacent Local Nature Reserve, Morley Quarry. Taken together, the proposal would cause cumulative impacts that would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefit of the development meeting the Borough’s current housing supply shortfall. The proposal is therefore contrary to the aims of paragraphs 6, 7, 14, 17, 34 and 109 of the National Planning Policy Framework and does not therefore constitute sustainable development. The proposal is also contrary to policies CS1 and CS13 of the Charnwood Local Plan Core Strategy 2006 - 2028, and policies ST/1, ST/2, EV/22 and TR/6 of the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan 2004, with weight being given to such policies according to their consistency with the National Planning Policy Framework.