Object

Representation ID: 1877

Received: 10/12/2021

Respondent: Balfour Beatty

Agent: CBRE

Additional smaller site allocations should be made adjacent to existing towns/cities.
Such sites maximise the presence of existing infrastructure to directly meet the housing shortfall of these authorities.
The Black Country Housing Market Assessment final report observed that commuting into the Black Country for work were mostly likely to live in South Staffordshire, and most established linkages are between the two.
Site 673 (land at Wollaston Road/Bridgnorth Road) adjoins the existing urban area of Dudley MBC and is appropriate for development to contribute to Black Country housing shortfall.
Policies SA2, SA3, SA5 are all large sites which take longer to assemble and deliver as such, fewer homes will be delivered in the short term and provide the NPPF required 'housing boost'.