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Representation ID: 1121

Received: 11/02/2022

Respondent: Lower Penn Parish Council

Site 582 should not be released:
- the 4,000 dwelling contribution is unjustified
- the 35% uplift to the Black Country’s housing needs is arbitrary and hasn’t been targeted at brownfield regeneration
- changes to retail and office provision may increase Black Country housing supply
- South Staffordshire is over providing against its target by 1153 homes
- Impact on Green Belt purposes
- Heavily car dependant increasing CO2 emissions
- Impacts on amenity and landscape
- Flooding and water issues (including photos of local floods)
- Is in a Groundwater Source Protection Zone
- Inadequate drainage; site given a ‘red rating’ for sewerage capacity by STW, saying that connections to sewer network should be ‘discouraged’ and connections to foul ‘prevented’
- Highways safety issues (including Community Speed Watch Data and Road Traffic Acceidents)
- Wlidlife including habitats linking into a nature reserve (including Ecological Report)
- Inadequate local services (including schools and education)
- Distance from employment
- Heritage assets (World War II battery) yet to be examined