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Representation ID: 4912

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: Gladman

Agent: Gladman

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Gladman broadly supports the spatial strategy to 2039 as detailed through Policy DS5 which recognises that growth adjacent to the southern edge of Stafford can facilitate sustainable growth at a non-Green Belt location.

However, Gladman query the decision of the Council to reduce the scale of growth at ‘Land at Weeping Cross’ from a minimum of 168 dwellings in the Preferred Options Plan to a minimum of 81 dwellings as detailed in the Publication Plan.This runs contrary to paragraph 141 of the NPPF which is explicit that all reasonable non-Green Belt options should be first considered for meeting identified needs for development.

‘Land at Weeping Cross’ represents one of the few opportunities to deliver development in a non-Green Belt location in the authority at a sustainable location on the existing edge of a main settlement. Thus, the potential for development here should be maximised,