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Representation ID: 4899

Received: 23/12/2022

Respondent: Bloor Homes Ltd

Agent: Marrons Planning

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The plan has not taken into account the need to promote sustainable patterns of development in altering Green Belt. Allocation of sites 463 and 284 would result in greater Green Belt harm than omission site 283. The plan fails to identify safeguarded land contrary to national policy. South Staffordshire is constrained by Green Belt and will continue to generate development needs. The previous plan identified at least 10 years' worth of safeguarded land. The Council should identify safeguarded land to meet longer term development needs in all sustainable locations.

Site 283 should be allocated to ensure a sustainable pattern of development. A Green Belt Position Paper by ZLA indicates the site provides less of a contribution to the Green Belt than the wider land parcels it sits within. The site would be contained by surrounding landscape features and would have no additional effect on Green Belt openness.

The ZLA paper indicates the site is of lesser Green Belt harm and indicates how compensatory benefits could be provided. A separate Green Belt Addendum Paper indicates that Sites 463 and 284 would result in moderate Green Belt harm.