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Representation ID: 5028

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

In contrast to the situation with Cross Green and the other identified sites, the Vistry site at Pendeford Hall Lane is both viable and deliverable within the 2039 Plan period.
The following key points prevail –
• It is not dependent financially on the delivery of major road or rail infrastructure
• Consequently, the site can start to deliver housing earlier in the plan period, and will therefore be able to deliver the full requirement of 1,200 dwellings by 2039,
• It fits perfectly with the development strategy of the local plan, providing a sustainable new settlement adjacent to Bilbrook/Codsall, which is the key service centre of South Staffordshire,
• All of the land required to enable the development of a new settlement is in the control of a national housebuilder/master developer who is used to bringing development of this scale forward,
• It is unconstrained environmentally,
• It is unconstrained by any need to divert utilities or services,
• Its unconstrained nature means that it can be designed with certainty that the full complement of housing as well as all associated services, access road, education, recreation and community requirements can be achieved,
• Its viability means that it can deliver policy compliant levels of affordable housing, and
• It has no access constraints and is predicated on a clear access and mobility strategy which enshrines the principles of safe, sustainable travel.
Vistry consider that the joint settlements of Bilbrook/Codsall can accommodate additional housing over and above the proposed allocations. Therefore, the site at Pendeford Hall Lane would be an ideal candidate to supplement the current sites allocated and make up for the shortfall arising from capacity concerns on the other identified sites as referenced in section 3 above.