Object

Representation ID: 1287

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Goldfinch TPS

Agent: Goldfinch TPS

Goldfinch TPS view the proposed planning policies covering the Green Belt (Policy DS1) and Open Countryside (Policy DS2) are developed through out of date data and insufficient technical evidence.

Goldfinch TPS view the Policy DS1 is too prescriptive and needs to maximise development potential of sustainably-located infill sites and make effective use of urban brownfield land sites. Policy DS1 is considered restrictive and lacks flexibility with the policy depending on individual site circumstances, assessing sites on their own planning merits. Goldfinch concerns into the lack of Urban Capacity Study for the Black Country.

Goldfinch express considerable concerns that Policy DS2
promoting unsustainable patterns of development will deliver ‘landscape-scale’ ecological habitat damage to the local area.

The proposed policy wording and paragraphs does not conform with NPPF/PPG.