Object

Representation ID: 4969

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 “smaller areas of incidental green infrastructure without a clear recreational purpose (e.g. landscape buffers, highways verges) and areas without public access will not count towards meeting the quantitative on-site open space standard”. No definition is provided as to what constitutes ‘small’ nor how applicants can demonstrate that it serves a purpose. SSDC has also not provided any information to justify why small areas of green infrastructure will not be regarded as part of the open space provision. Landscape buffers, highways verges and other small areas of green space, may not be ‘useable’ from a recreation perspective but they provide visual benefits for residents and place-making as well connecting green infrastructure across sites and with the wider network. This policy will just encourage applicants to provide green infrastructure across sites.