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Representation ID: 1811

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: IM Land

Agent: RPS Group

Sustainability Appraisal (SA):
The Sustainability Appraisal fails to separately assess the allocated part of site 591 from the wider site. This could affect the sites score and should be remedied in the next iteration of the SA.

The major negative score for Site 591 against landscape should be changed, as a separate Green Belt and landscape analysis of the site provided by Tyler Grange suggests the site is moderate landscape sensitivity and moderate Green Belt harm.

Site 591 should score ‘neutral’ or ‘uncertain’ natural resources, as the site is not agricultural land and has no designated habitats.

Site 591 should be a ‘minor positive’ under health and wellbeing as it is unclear why non-A&E hospitals, such as Cannock Chase Hospital, have not been included.

Site 591 should be a ‘minor positive’ against transport and accessibility, as access to Hednesford Railway Station is still reasonable in the context of a rural district and it is unclear what weighting has been given to different scoring criteria.

Threshold for secondary education under education criteria should be increased to reflect the 3 mile distance used in national and local guidance, and Site 591 re-scored as ‘minor positive’ accordingly.

Economy criteria should be amended to ‘minor positive’ to reflect the employment sites in Huntington within close proximity of the site.

The site selection topic paper and SHELAA contains no constraints that suggests the site cannot be allocated.