Object
Publication Plan November 2022
Representation ID: 4212
Received: 21/12/2022
Respondent: Lower Penn Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Accommodating unmet needs is not an exceptional circumstance for Green Belt release. The Black Country and SSDC have not examined all reasonable alternatives to accommodate need. SSDC have not completed an urban capacity study and Black Country Authorities have not assessed their city centre capacity. CPRE brownfield report identified 99,600 dwellings that could be built in the West Midlands.
No public consultation was carried out on proposals to split Lower Penn into separate ‘settlements’. Describing parish as ‘land to the west of Wolverhampton/urban edge’ rather than Lower Penn is contrary to NPPF 35(b), does not recognise Lower Penn’s classification as a Tier 5 settlements and is inconsistent with the treatment of other Tier 4/5 settlements.