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Representation ID: 4939

Received: 20/12/2022

Respondent: Barratt West Midlands

Agent: Savills

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Policy states that “an integral part of the Strategy will be to ensure that growth is distributed to the district’s most sustainable locations, avoiding a disproportionate level of growth in the district’s less sustainable settlements”. Barratt supports this approach, however, it is considered that more housing growth should be directed to Codsall / Bilbrook.

Codsall/Bilbrook is identified as a Tier 1 settlement which are the most sustainable settlements in the District (evidenced within the Rural Services and Facilities Audit 2021). Barratt therefore supports growth being directed to these settlements, however we consider that more growth should be accommodated than the proposed 16.8%. The settlements scored the same as Penkridge in the Rural Services and Facilities Audit, yet 17.8% of growth is being directed to Penkridge. This demonstrates an inconsistent approach being applied in the growth strategy. In order to accord with the proposed spatial strategy, additional housing should be allocated in Codsall/Bilbrook. Barratt is promoting land immediately adjacent to Proposed Allocation SA1 to the east of Bilbrook (SHELAA site reference 500). The allocation of this site would ensure that growth is being directed to the most sustainable settlements in the District and will accord with SSDC’s spatial strategy.