Preferred Options November 2021

Object

Representation ID: 1518

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Dunsley Drive site)

Agent: Turley

Notwithstanding the wider, general robustness of the evidence base, there are a number of site specific
inconsistencies regarding the evidence base and the conclusions that have been drawn from it, as summarised below. Appraisal (SA) (2021) concludes that the site’s (272) location within this parcel and its associated landscape sensitivity justifies a ‘major negative’ score in the scoring matrix. No justification for this score is provided beyond its location with the parcel. Aany land to be developed based on any of the options proposed would have ‘moderate’ landscape sensitivity at most.

Support

Representation ID: 1519

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Dunsley Drive site)

Agent: Turley

We have no objection to the potential junction improvements at White Hill / Meddins Lane and Meddins
Lane / Enville Road, indeed the need for these improvements were first identified as part of the adopted
Site Allocation Plan. Land east of Dunsley Drive could make a proportionate contribution to these off-site highway improvements.

Support

Representation ID: 1523

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Dunsley Drive 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: 1526

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Dunsley Drive site)

Agent: Turley

South Staffordshire’s overall spatial strategy to 2038 is supported insofar as it seeks to deliver a minimum of 4,881 dwellings for the district’s own needs, plus a contribution of 4,000 dwellings towards meeting the GBBCHMA shortfall. This is appropriate and reasonable given that South Staffordshire has a clear and strong relationship with the GBHMA, with significant proportion of South Staffordshire’s residents commuting to elsewhere within the GBBCHMA.
The key strand underpinning the spatial strategy that growth is distributed to the South Staffordshire’s
most sustainable locations to avoid a disproportionate level of growth in the less sustainable settlements is also supported. This reflects the requirements of the NPPF.

Object

Representation ID: 1528

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Dunsley Drive site)

Agent: Turley

South Staffordshire’s needs are based on a plan period of 2018-2038. NPPF paragraph 22 states that strategic policies should look ahead over a minimum 15 year period from adoption. To achieve this the plan would have to be adopted by 31 March 2023. The current schedule for this review is that the plan will be adopted in winter 2023, on this basis the plan would not meet the requirements of NPPF paragraph 22. The plan period should therefore be extended to reflect this.

Support

Representation ID: 1530

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Dunsley Drive site)

Agent: Turley

We wholly support the principle of the proposed release of land east of Dunsley Drive, Kinver (site 272) from the Green Belt and allocation for housing growth. The Council’s evidence base is clear it performs better than other options at Kinver. Bellway is now preparing a detailed site specific evidence base for the site which will inform an updated masterplan. This will be submitted to the Council in due course, once complete.

Support

Representation ID: 1531

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Dunsley Drive site)

Agent: Turley

Policy HC1 (housing mix) – we have no objection to any housing mix reflecting that in the latest Housing Market Assessment. Any policy should however allow for some flexibility in the mix should evidence be submitted demonstrating that demand in that location requires a different mix to that prescribed by the Housing Market Assessment.

Policy HC17 (open space) – whilst there is no objection in principle to open space being provided centrally, the policy should allow some flexibility if the design rationale for a site justifies locating it elsewhere.

Object

Representation ID: 1532

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Dunsley Drive site)

Agent: Turley

Policy HC2 (housing density) – as set out in our representations to the Preferred Options consultation, whilst seeking for new development to achieve 35 dwellings per hectare, any policy should include sufficient flexibility as when determining factors specific to each site at the development management stage, such as character, appearance and neighbouring land use, it
may be that a lower density is appropriate.

Support

Representation ID: 1533

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Limited (Dunsley Drive site)

Agent: Turley

Policies DS1 – DS4 and SA1 – SA7 represent policies which are limited to those necessary to address the
strategic priorities of the area, providing a starting point for any non-strategic policies that are needed as defined by NPPF paragraph 21.