Object
Publication Plan November 2022
Representation ID: 4936
Received: 20/12/2022
Respondent: Barratt West Midlands
Agent: Savills
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Paragraph 143 of the National Planning Policy Framework (‘NPPF’) requires plans to demonstrate that that the revised Green Belt boundaries will not need to be altered at the end of the plan period. SSDC is not proposing to safeguard any land for development and given the significant shortfalls arising from the Greater Birmingham and Black Country Housing Market Area (‘GBBCHMA’) (discussed further in our response to Policy DS4), we consider it is very likely that SSDC will need to review their Local Plan in the short term to accommodate more growth for the GBBCHMA. 80% of the District is Green Belt (Table 5 of the Publication Plan) and so future Green Belt release is considered to be inevitable to meet housing needs as required in this plan period. Barratt therefore considers that the plan is not consistent with national policy (NPPF Paragraph 35c).