Object

Representation ID: 4911

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: Gladman

Agent: Gladman

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Gladman at present do not consider that a 13% buffer is sufficient to ensure the Local Plan Review remains robust over the plan period. It is noted that the future supply of housing in the district is heavily predicated on the successful delivery of the two large sustainable extensions allocated on the edge of the Black Country (SA2: Land at Cross Green and SA3: Land North of Linthouse Lane). Together, these sites are anticipated to deliver approximately 46% of housing growth from new allocations in the Plan. If these sites deliver at a slower rate than forecast there will be little prospect of the District’s housing needs being satisfied, even with the 13% cushion the Council is proposing to build in.

Gladman contend that the uplift in flexibility should be increased to 20%. Gladman consider this can be achieved, in the first instance, by maximising development at non-Green Belt locations. one such opportunity clearly exists at ‘Land at Weeping Cross (036c).