Object

Representation ID: 1114

Received: 11/02/2022

Respondent: Lower Penn Parish Council

Sustainability Appraisal – concerns over lack of flooding, ecology and heritage evidence and over-statement of case in relation to education
Rural Services and Facilities Audit – Lower Penn has been omitted until the 2021 version, which treated outlying areas differently to the village centre and the Council has not provided documentation of how this approach was decided upon. The whole parish should be designated as a Tier 5 village as it was in the 2012 local plan. The 2019 spatial strategy clearly states small villages will get a maximum of 10% of homes on small sites, which Site 582 exceeds.
Green Belt Review – Site 582 is given a lower harm rating than surrounding land but is not separated from it.
Population growth in the Local Plan is expected to outstrip national population growth rates and is not justified or supported by sufficient infrastructure.
Duty to Co-operate – there is no requirement in law to accept overspill from neighbouring authorities and insufficient regard has been given to brownfield land funding and sites or vacant properties in the Black Country