Object
Preferred Options November 2021
Representation ID: 1574
Received: 13/12/2021
Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Hyde Lane site)
Agent: Turley
The objectives rightly reflect the District’s need for new homes, as well as the contribution to the unmet needs of the wider Greater Birmingham and Black Country Housing Market Area (GBBCHMA), and that new development should be focused in sustainable locations either in or around the District’s key villages, or through urban extensions. However, there is no explanation as to which settlements constitute ‘key villages’. It has to be presumed that Tier 2 settlements are included within this definition. In terms of strategic objective 9 it should acknowledge that new development will also maintain and enhance the vitality of South Staffordshire’s rural communities, as recognised by NPPF paragraph 79.