Object

Representation ID: 5113

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: Redrow Homes

Agent: Harris Lamb Property Consultancy

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Table 8
The Spatial Housing Strategy identified in Table 8 is flawed. Whilst we have no particular concern with the majority of development being directed to the larger
settlements, a significant increase to the overall housing requirement is required, as detailed elsewhere in our representations. Additional development is required across the settlements to meet the increased housing target.
Table 8 of the draft Plan advises that only 2,958 dwellings are proposed adjacent to the edge of the conurbation. The housing allocations included within the Plan to support the growth of the conurbation should be directed to locations close to where the need arises. The housing requirement should be increased and redistributed so that further allocations are made adjacent to the built-up edge of the Black Country.
The land adjacent to the Black Country provides some of the most sustainable locations for development within South Staffordshire. The Black Country provides a wide variety of services and facilities.
paragraph 5.23 of the Draft Plan refers to the GBHMA
Strategic Growth Study 2018 as being an evidence based document that has been used to inform the settlement hierarchy and the distribution of growth. The Strategic Growth Study advises at paragraph 1.38 that given the strategic nature of the study it does not consider development options of less than 1,500 dwellings. There are no allocations of this size included within the Draft Plan. The GBHMA Strategic Growth
Study is not a relevant evidence base against which to assess the suitability of sites or formulate a housing distribution strategy.
Our representations propose that Redrow site adjacent to the Castlecroft area of Wolverhampton is removed from the Green Belt and allocated for residential led
development.