1. Demonstrated need to accommodate long-range urban population growth requirements consistent with LCDC goals.

2. Need for housing, employment opportunities, and livability.

3. Orderly and economic provision for public facilities and services.

4. Maximum efficiency of land uses within and on the fringe of the existing urban area.

5. The long term environmental, energy, economic, and social consequences of the locality, the region, and the state as the result of allowing urbanization and not preserving and maintaining the land for agricultural or forest uses, whichever is applicable.

6. Retention of agricultural land as defined, with Class I being the highest priority for retention and Class IV the lowest priority.

7. Compatibility of the proposed urban uses with other adjacent uses.