Question 3

Object

Representation ID: 1377

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group

The vision is not locally relevant and contains not spatially specific elements. It seeks to protect and enhance and rather than thinking about how the growth proposed can enhance the District.

Support

Representation ID: 1385

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group

Strategic Objectives broadly supported, particularly SO2 regarding meeting unmet needs of the GBHMA. It is considered that the draft emerging policies will assist in delivering these objectives.

Support

Representation ID: 1425

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Richborough Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The vision is succinct but not locally relevant and has no spatially specific elements. It seeks to ‘protect and enhance’ the District rather than considering how growth could be accommodated/best used. The strategic objectives are supported, but objective 6 should provide for employment in key locations and recognise sectors beyond advanced manufacturing, including distribution. The Strategic Objectives must also acknowledge Black Country unmet employment needs. WMI is not a threat to infrastructure as it will provide its own infrastructure.

Support

Representation ID: 1441

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Richborough Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The vision is succinct but not locally relevant and has no spatially specific elements. It seeks to ‘protect and enhance’ the District rather than considering how growth could be accommodated. The strategic objectives are supported, particularly objective 2. Draft policies will assist in delivering these objectives.

Object

Representation ID: 1481

Received: 10/12/2021

Respondent: Amadis Holdings Ltd

Agent: PlanIt

Vision is inappropriate - the economic objective of sustainable development requires a sufficient quantum of the right type of land to be available to support economic growth. The social objective requires local authorities to ensure that a sufficient number and range of homes are provided to meet the needs of current and future generations. Propose additional text to vision to confirm that South Staffordshire will deliver sufficient land, of the right type, to meet the economic and housing growth requirements of South Staffordshire and which will support the growth of the conurbation.
Strategic Objective , and the Plan as a whole, fail to have any regard to the requirement of the NPPF para 140. Safeguarded land should be identified for longer term development needs.
Strategic Objectives 3, 4 and 5 do not reference providing a sufficient quantum of housing to support the growing number of households in the district to provide enough homes to accommodate South Staffordshire’s working population, or to supporting the growth requirements of the conurbation. Additional Strategic Objective should be added to reflect this.

Support

Representation ID: 1482

Received: 10/12/2021

Respondent: Amadis Holdings Ltd

Agent: PlanIt

Reference to South Staffordshire seeking to strive to protect and enhance its distinctive rural character, communities and landscape; and to create beautiful thriving new places where people can live, work and play is supported. Strategic Objective 6 - Developing an Economic Strategy, is supported. The Plan should seek to retain existing employment and foster sustainable economic growth, encouraging inward investment and job creation.

Object

Representation ID: 1497

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: D Morgan PLC

Agent: Peacock and Smith

a) No
b) No. Whilst the Council have identified the correct policies (see pages 1-20) we do not consider the Council’s implementation of them will result in the vision being achieved, owing to conflict with the proposed strategic objectives.
D Morgan PLC does not agree with the vision and strategic objectives as currently worded. We consider
that the vision and strategic objectives could give rise to isolated communities, highly reliant on the private car for travel and creating a conflict with the settlement hierarchy (Policy DS3).
Proposed revised wording to SO2.

Support

Representation ID: 1524

Received: 10/12/2021

Respondent: Mr - Yeomans & Messrs Law

Agent: PlanIt

Reference to South Staffordshire seeking to strive to protect and enhance its distinctive rural character, communities and landscape; and to create beautiful thriving new places where people can live, work and play is supported. Strategic Objective 6 - Developing an Economic Strategy, is supported. The Plan should seek to retain existing employment and foster sustainable economic growth, encouraging inward investment and job creation.

Object

Representation ID: 1525

Received: 10/12/2021

Respondent: Mr - Yeomans & Messrs Law

Agent: PlanIt

Vision is inappropriate and should be amended - the economic objective of sustainable development requires a sufficient quantum of the right type of land to be available to support economic growth. The social objective requires local authorities to ensure that a sufficient number and range of homes are provided to meet the needs of current and future generations. Propose additional text to confirm that South Staffordshire will deliver sufficient land, of the right type, to meet the economic and housing growth requirements of South Staffordshire and which will support the growth of the conurbation.
Strategic Objective 1, and the Plan as a whole, fail to have any regard to the requirement of the NPPF para 140. Safeguarded land should be identified for longer term development.
Strategic Objectives 3, 4 and 5 do not contain reference to providing a sufficient quantum of housing to support the growing number of households in the district to provide enough homes to accommodate South Staffordshire’s working population, or to supporting the growth requirements of the conurbation. Additional Strategic Objective should be added to reflect this.

Object

Representation ID: 1536

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Boningale Homes ltd.

Agent: Alder King

Should be greater assessment of lower Tier settlements (e.g. Oaken) to contribute to housing requirement.
Further site specific GB assessment should be undertaken to look at individual land parcels.

Object

Representation ID: 1548

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Boningale Homes ltd.

Agent: Alder King

Should be further assessment of sites adjacent to Tier 1 settlements that could provide appropriate development opportunities.
Site specific GB assessment should be undertaken to look at individual land parcels.

Object

Representation ID: 1564

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Mr Nigel Babb

a. On balance the vision is fine.
However, as stated above, re. “Strategic Objective 2: Meet the housing needs of the district whilst making a proportionate contribution towards the unmet needs of Great Birmingham Housing Market Area.” The contribution is not proportionate.

b. No. In 4.3 the council should re-consider the Copart site. Otherwise it’s just warm words.

Object

Representation ID: 1574

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Hyde Lane site)

Agent: Turley

The objectives rightly reflect the District’s need for new homes, as well as the contribution to the unmet needs of the wider Greater Birmingham and Black Country Housing Market Area (GBBCHMA), and that new development should be focused in sustainable locations either in or around the District’s key villages, or through urban extensions. However, there is no explanation as to which settlements constitute ‘key villages’. It has to be presumed that Tier 2 settlements are included within this definition. In terms of strategic objective 9 it should acknowledge that new development will also maintain and enhance the vitality of South Staffordshire’s rural communities, as recognised by NPPF paragraph 79.

Support

Representation ID: 1606

Received: 06/01/2022

Respondent: Four Ashes Road LTD

Agent: Miss Rebecca Allen

FAR Ltd agrees with the overall vision and strategic objectives identified within the Local Plan. However, there are concerns into protecting the Green Belt nd Open Countryside stipulated within the strategic objectives. FAR Ltd agrees with Strategic objective 2, where new development should be focused on sustainable locations and removal of land from the Green Belt in efforts towards unmet needs.

Safeguarded land allocations identified in Policy SAD3 are not strategic in size therefore, should be bought forward in delivery.

FAR Ltd agree with the draft policies within Chapters 4 and 5 and the policy directions within set out in Chapter 6 will deliver these objectives.

Support

Representation ID: 1615

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bradford Estates

Agent: Berrys

The vision and objectives seek to enable development that will meet the area’s needs whilst also protecting and enhancing the area’s most important assets.
The Plan’s objectives to provide housing to meet the needs of different groups in the community, including the elderly (strategic objective 4) and to protect and enhance sustainable village centres (strategic objective 8) are supported.

Object

Representation ID: 1616

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bradford Estates

Agent: Berrys

Do not agree that the draft polcies in chapters 4, 5 and 6 will deliver the vision and strategic objectives. See representations made to questions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12.

Support

Representation ID: 1628

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Jaguar Land Rover UK

Agent: WSP

Yes.
Jaguar Land Rover supports the vision and strategic objectives. The strategic objectives for economic vibrancy are supported as they seek to retain existing employment and foster sustainable economic growth, encouraging inward investment and job creation in sectors such as
advanced manufacturing.

Support

Representation ID: 1637

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Richborough Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The vision is succinct but not locally relevant and has no spatially specific elements. It seeks to ‘protect and enhance’ the District rather than considering how growth could be accommodated. The strategic objectives are supported, particularly objective 2. Draft policies will assist in delivering these objectives.

Support

Representation ID: 1648

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Richborough Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The vision is succinct but not locally relevant and has no spatially specific elements. It seeks to ‘protect and enhance’ the District rather than considering how growth could be accommodated. The strategic objectives are supported, particularly objective 2. Draft policies will assist in delivering these objectives.

Object

Representation ID: 1676

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Mr J Barnes

Objective 1 – The open countryside is not protected. A gradual encroachment by stealth does not protect the fundamental principle of keeping land permanently open. The essential characteristics of the green belts are their openness and permanence. How does it protect the remainder of the green belt which is not released from the obvious vulnerability of further extension towards a tier 5 village in the future?

Object

Representation ID: 1685

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Vicky Barnes

Objective 1 – The open countryside is not protected. A gradual encroachment by stealth does not protect the fundamental principle of keeping land permanently open. The essential characteristics of the green belts are their openness and permanence. How does it protect the remainder of the green belt which is not released from the obvious vulnerability of further extension towards a tier 5 village in the future?

Object

Representation ID: 1696

Received: 14/03/2022

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group

The vision is not locally relevant and contains not spatially specific elements. It seeks to protect and enhance and rather than thinking about how the growth proposed can enhance the District.

Support

Representation ID: 1697

Received: 14/03/2022

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd

Agent: Pegasus Group

Strategic Objectives broadly supported, particularly SO2 regarding meeting unmet needs of the GBHMA. It is considered that the draft emerging policies will assist in delivering these objectives.

Support

Representation ID: 1709

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Richborough Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The vision is succinct but not locally relevant and has no spatially specific elements. It seeks to ‘protect and enhance’ the District rather than considering how growth could be accommodated. The strategic objectives are supported, particularly objective 2. Draft policies will assist in delivering these objectives.

Support

Representation ID: 1716

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: St Philips Land Ltd

Agent: Lichfields

(a)
Yes, St Philips considers that the Vision for what South Staffordshire will be like in 2038 is correct. #
However, St Philips considers that, for clarity, the Council’s Strategic Objective 2 should explicitly refer to the Black Country Authorities [BCAs], rather than just the Greater Birmingham HMA.

Support

Representation ID: 1717

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: St Philips Land Ltd

Agent: Lichfields

(b)
In general, yes, St Philips considers that the draft policies set out in within the PO would deliver the Strategic Objectives identified in the PO (Pg.24). However, St Philips has some reservations regarding whether the Council’s proposed draft Policy DS3 (The Spatial Strategy to 2038) would adequately deliver Strategic Objective 2

Support

Representation ID: 1721

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Richborough Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The vision is succinct but not locally relevant and has no spatially specific elements. It seeks to ‘protect and enhance’ the District rather than considering how growth could be accommodated. The strategic objectives are supported, particularly objective 2. Draft policies will assist in delivering these objectives.

Support

Representation ID: 1740

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Richborough Estates

Agent: Pegasus Group

The vision is succinct but not locally relevant and has no spatially specific elements. It seeks to ‘protect and enhance’ the District rather than considering how growth could be accommodated. The strategic objectives are supported, particularly objective 2. Draft policies will assist in delivering these objectives.

Support

Representation ID: 1755

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: St Philips Land Ltd

Agent: Lichfields

(a)
St Philips agrees with the Council’s proposed Strategic
Objectives. However, St Philips considers that, for clarity, the Council’s Strategic Objective 2 should explicitly refer to the Black Country Authorities [BCAs], rather than just the Greater Birmingham HMA.

Support

Representation ID: 1756

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: St Philips Land Ltd

Agent: Lichfields

(b)
In general, yes - St Philips considers that the draft policies set out within the PO would deliver the Strategic Objectives identified in the PO (Pg.24). However, St Philips has some reservations regarding whether the Council’s proposed draft Policy DS3 (The Spatial Strategy to 2038) would adequately deliver Strategic Objective 2