Question 8

Support

Representation ID: 3935

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: John Turley

Support sites 350c and 350d not being chosen as preferred sites.
Local infrastructure cannot cope particularly the roads and increased car dependency.
Loss of greenbelt will cause urban sprawl and remove important green space for local people.

Support

Representation ID: 3936

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs S Turley

Support 350c and 350d not being chosen as preferred sites due to loss of greenbelt and local infrastructure being unsuitable for more housing.

Support

Representation ID: 3937

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs J Vials

Support sites 350c and 350d not being chosen as preferred sites. Unsuitable on grounds of infrastructure unable to cope and road network not suitable for additional car volume.

Support

Representation ID: 3938

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs Debra Vry

Support sites 350c and 350d not being chosen as preferred option due to road networking being unsuitable and infrastructure unable to cope with additional volumes of people.

Support

Representation ID: 3939

Received: 28/11/2021

Respondent: Mr Michael Vry

Support sites 350c and 350d not being selected as preferred sites as greenbelt is needed to stop encroachment of countryside and road network is not suitable for more traffic.

Object

Representation ID: 3980

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Save the Lower Penn Green Belt (Action Group)

As set out in this document we do not believe Site 582 should be released. This is because:
Housing Numbers

1. The justification for the housing numbers proposed in South Staffordshire relies on 4,000 from overspill from the Black Country that is untested. Without them no new allocations are needed.
2. The Government’s arbitrary 35% uplift of housing in Wolverhampton is being added to general housing need when it should be targeted at brownfield regeneration.
3. The level of housing supply both in the Black Country (and wider conurbation) and in South Staffordshire is being under-estimated. In the case of the Black Country this could amount to over 5,000 homes and in South Staffordshire another 1,000 homes from windfall sites.
4. Accelerated changes to retail and office provision, particularly in centres following COVID may increase housing land available in the Black Country.
5. Even if the level of housing is required from the Black Country South Staffordshire is overproviding by 1153 homes, so does not need this housing allocation.
Sustainability
6. The location of the site suggests it would, along with other allocations in South Staffordshire, encourage people to move out of the Black Country and then commute back in.

7. The site is located in the Green Belt without a clear boundary beyond it. The impact could be significant on the purposes of the Green Belt, in particular encroachment into the countryside, urban sprawl and impact on regeneration.
8. The site is poorly located for public transport access and is likely to be heavily car dependent, increasing climate change emissions.
9. The site would impact on the landscape and amenity of people round the site.
10. There are potential flooding and water issues that need further investigation.
11. The site is used by a variety of wildlife and includes important habitats which link into a wildlife corridor along the South Staffordshire Railway Walk Local Nature Reserve and the Smestow Nature Reserve.
12. It is not clear that the site is adequately served by local services, and although there is a nearby Primary School, it is unclear how educational services would be improved to cater for the site.
13. There are English heritage assets in terms of a World War II battery which have yet to be properly examined.