Object

Representation ID: 4196

Received: 21/12/2022

Respondent: Wombourne Parish Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The document is not justified in respect of Sites 463 and 284:
- Little or no regard for NPPF guidance on 'openness'
- Description of the sites' natural, historic and landscape characteristics given
- Allocation flies in the face of NPPF requirement to preserve/enhance landscape setting of historic settlements and views of historic setting and character
- Does not specify how removing the sites from the Green Belt will be offset
- No assessment of agricultural land or recognition of employment provision provided
- Other sites should be considered which do not form the most open attractive countryside gateway to the village
- Whilst not ideal, limited development along the Bridgnorth Road could be a suitable alternative to prevent loss of the ‘gateway to the village’
- No evidence that attempts have been made to relocate Copart site use to elsewhere in the District or to within the Black Country

The Document is not consistent with national policy in respect of Sites 463 and 284:
- Allocation of sites will detract from improving the local environment and in terms of climate change
- The reticent approach to designating a brownfield site adjacent the village with no obvious impact on greenbelt policy set out in the framework
- The plan has not fully examined all other reasonable options for meeting development needs