Object
Publication Plan November 2022
Representation ID: 5105
Received: 22/12/2022
Respondent: Redrow Homes
Agent: Harris Lamb Property Consultancy
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Table 2 – SWAT Analysis, confirms that there is a demographic imbalance in South Staffordshire. This is coupled with continued development at a series of significant strategic employment sites in South Staffordshire, including I54, FAO Featherstone and the West Midlands Interchange leading to greater investment and prosperity. There is, therefore, an identified mismatch between the potential size of the workforce and job opportunities.
Table 3 – Homes and Communities – Issues and Challenges, advises that there is also a mismatch between existing housing stock and future housing need. There is a requirement to provide smaller residential properties for younger families and older people wishing to downsize and free up family sized accommodation. House prices in the district have continued to increase, making properties less affordable.
There is also a requirement to help to deliver a proportion of the significant amount of housing need arising from the Black Country and Birmingham.
Within this context, it is advised that there is pressure on the South Staffordshire to release land for housing, particularly in the Green Belt and open countryside, which is “acute”.
The housing pressures and need to support economic growth are an opportunity more so than a constraint. While this may result in land being removed from the open countryside and Green Belt, this should be fully supported by the local authority in the most suitable and sustainable locations.