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Representation ID: 4697

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: Hallam Land Management

Agent: Acres Land & Planning

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Site 222 (land at Sandy Lane) - Omission Site.
Hallam Land Management were not contacted about the desire by the council to provide a new first school on site. Due to the site size and proximity to existing schools, there is no justification to deliver one. Nevertheless, the site could be delivered with the provision of a first school with c.115 dwellings.

The site was identified as part of a suitable strategic site within the Strategic Growth Study, and has less impact upon the Green Belt than SA1 with a 'moderate' impact upon Green Belt purposes a, and b. Unlike site SA1, there is no risk of coalescence with the Black Country or other settlement.

The findings of the LUC Green Belt Study have not been properly reflected in the sites chosen. Site 224 (land adjacent to Station Road, Codsall) is arguably contrary to NPPF Green Belt criteria.

The site has access to Codsall's local services and facilities including a first school, the council offices, shops, and railway station. It is also served by a bus route.

The site is now bounded on three sides by development. The adjacent Watery Lane development overcomes concerns around sensitivity. The Housing Site Selection Topic Paper is misleading in this regard.

The land parcels used in both the Landscape Sensitivity Study 2015 and Green Belt Review 2019 are too large so Sandy Lane is absorbed into a large land parcel which includes the conservation area and thus distorts the true character.