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Publication Plan November 2022
Representation ID: 5025
Received: 20/12/2022
Respondent: Vistry Group
Agent: Rapleys LLP for Vistry Homes
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
South Staffordshire also propose to direct 825 houses or 8% of the total housing delivery figure in Womborne. This is a tier 2 village with limited facilities, which are mainly small scale convenience stores, with no established centre. Access is reliant on bus services and the A449 Stourbridge Road. The new housing allocated (site ref 463), is also proposed to be removed from the green belt despite it having a moderate harm to the green belt. In addition, the housing sites 285/459, also contain three parallel high voltage electricity power lines running across the site meaning that significant mitigation would be required and again potentially affecting site capacities.
Vistry considers that Tier 2 (and below) settlements cannot sustainably accommodate such large increases in housing and that a proportion of this should be directed back to sustainable Tier 1 settlements, notably Bilbrook.