Object

Representation ID: 4106

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Locality 5 represents the ‘pan handle’ of the South Staffordshire district. The plan correctly identifies that there is little unmet housing need in the adjacent metropolitan authority (Dudley). The presumption must be therefore that Green Belt releases in this locality will be servicing the Wolverhampton area to the north. Traffic congestion on the A449 trunk road is a significant feature of the district. The additional traffic implications of housing being allocated to the locality, alongside developments in neighbouring authorities, does not appear to have been fully assessed.