Object

Representation ID: 4307

Received: 23/12/2022

Respondent: Codsall Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? No

The plan fails partially to be positively prepared or justified.

The Local Plan fails to justify discounting a larger new settlement being created near West Midlands Interchange for majority of the housing requirement as a reasonable alternative whilst leaving capacity for all existing settlement villages to grow over many local plan periods to ensure their vibrancy and sustainability especially in tier 4 villages as a reasonable alternative.

 The development in the villages of Codsall & Bilbrook does not meet the Governments fundamental aim of preventing urban sprawl by permanently keeping the land permanently open.
 In concentrating the developments predominantly in tier 1 settlements and little or no development in tier 4 settlements, is detrimental to the sustainability of tier 4 settlements in accordance to the NPPF
 No evidence has been provided on traffic capacity, with regards to patterns of movement, streets & parking also environmental impacts.
 There is no evidence base for the highway assessment to demonstrate the modelling scenarios of the proposed development impacting on the existing highway network. Predominantly, north-south through the parish from the A5 to the A449 a network of narrow country lanes are already being eroded due to the over capacity of vehicles commuting as they find alternative routes to travel, avoiding congestion in other areas.