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Representation ID: 1573

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Hyde Lane site)

Agent: Turley

Bellway's proposals for land at Hyde Lane (576) includes the potential to provide land for a new doctor’s surgery to serve Kinver.

Raised some concerns regarding the impact of the access road to ROF Featherstone and the associate costs on the viability and the potential delivery trajectory for the proposed Cross Green allocation (draft policy SA2). The IDP now estimates the cost of delivering this access road at £20m, to be funded via public sector funding and developer contributions. There remains a circa £18.5m gap. It is unlikely that development of the scale proposed at Cross Green (a minimum of 1,200 new homes) would viably be able to meet this gap in funding, particularly given the other significant infrastructure requirements of that site. The access road could potentially compromise when this proposed allocation starts delivering new homes unless the necessary funding is sourced.