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Representation ID: 978

Received: 01/12/2021

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Kinver can provide for more than the allocated housing need from windfall and brownfield sites. Proposed allocated sites are of very high environmental and community value. Allocating housing in Kinver is counter to national policy of building in larger, well-serviced centres to reduce carbon emissions. Feasibility of new active travel measures is uncertain. New development likely to increase flooding issues. Unclear on what infrastructure sites will deliver and the impact on existing roads and local traffic/congestion, particularly around Potters Cross and the High Street, will be significant.• The 2 new Green Belt sites contravene NPPF paragraphs 140 and 143. Site 576 has been cookie-cut from the middle of a much larger field, Small site requirement not justification for Green Belt release. No assessment of impact on wildlife and amenity has been undertaken. Site 272 would breach natural boundary of village, does not have a strong boundary and would impact on openness damage visual amenity. Unclear how access to 272 could be made wider. Site 576 - development would breach natural boundary to the village, safeguards the countryside from encroachment and contributes to the setting of the village; concerns around loss of agricultural land and flooding, Site 274 - site continues to contribute to Green Belt purposes and has strong wildlife, community landscape and heritage value.