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Representation ID: 3672

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Piper Homes PLC

Agent: Harris Lamb Property Consultancy

Spatial Strategy for Housing

Concerns about the number of dwellings being proposed to meet the identified shortfall, Table 8 of the draft Plan advises that only 2,958 of the 4000 dwellings are
proposed adjacent to the edge of the Black Country conurbation.

The housing allocations included within the Plan to support the growth of the conurbation should be directed to locations close to where the need arises. The Plan’s spatial strategy for housing should be predicated on making allocations adjacent to the conurbation
to meet its need, or within a sustainable commuting distance, to help reduce the need to travel.
The housing requirement should be increased and redistributed so that further allocations are made adjacent to the built-up edge of the Black Country.

Policy DS3 advises that development will be located at the most accessible and sustainable locations in accordance with the settlement hierarchy included within the policy.

Piper Homes’ site at Springhill Lane, would not only make a positive and sensitive contribution to meeting the overspill, but would also provide sites that can be delivered in the short term and assist in meeting the full
spectrum of need identified.