Object

Representation ID: 4195

Received: 21/12/2022

Respondent: Wombourne Parish Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Document is not positively prepared:
- No indication of health authorities being consulted at strategic level
- No published information regarding County Council's Education Authority, School Services Department or Govt. Education Department stance
- Highways Authority should have asked for Traffic Impact Assessment

Document is not justified or effective:
- Wombourne has by far the largest allocation of Tier 2 villages and appears to be determined by site availability not strategic planning
- Tier 5 villages remain untouched which only entrenches their unsustainability
- No plan for any changes in housing numbers which could occur in plan period
- No breakdown of housing need relating to individual areas throughout District
- Appears to be based on ease of site delivery not proximity to transport infrastructure
- Cannot see how improved local services and facilities and open space will be delivered in Wombourne
- Large scale devleopment should be guided by overall strategic plan considering the relationship between housing, employment, health, education, recreation, shopping etc.
- 400 objections were submitted from Wombourne Area, not referenced in Publication Plan - lack of and poor quality consultation
- No published formulas for financial contributions
- No effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic priorities

Document is not consistent with national policy:
- Not objectively assessed in terms of housing needs and other uses
- Five tier 2 villages but majority of growth is located at Wombourne
- Employment land of limited quality appears to be given much higher weight compared to Green Belt land of substantial quality