Preferred Options November 2021

Support

Representation ID: 614

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

a) Keon Homes agrees that the policies outlined above represent strategic policies.
b) Final drafted policy wording would be required to determine whether a policy is strategic.

Object

Representation ID: 615

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Site 426a represents a sound housing allocation and Site 426b should be allocated within the Regulation 19 Local Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 1162

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Raises concerns that GBHMA Strategic Growth Study and Strategic Housing & Employment Land Availability Assessment aren’t included in evidence base.

The GBHMA Strategic Growth Study remains the latest comprehensive consideration of housing needs and locations to meet this need. It has been subject to scrutiny through the North Warwickshire Local Plan EiP and provides justification for the intended contribution of 4,000 homes to meet the identified housing shortfall. The SHELAA establishes a broad range of site options to be tested by the Council in establishing housing and employment allocations. The Self & Custom Build Register should be included to inform emerging housing need and mix policies.

Support

Representation ID: 1163

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

The IDP identifies the correct infrastructure projects to support the proposed spatial strategy and may be updated to include site specific infrastructure requirements.

Support

Representation ID: 1164

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

The vision is clear but doesn’t appear locally relevant or spatially specific. The strategic objectives are succinct, locally relevant and relate to the most important areas of change or protection within the District. The draft and emerging policies will assist in delivering these objectives.

Support

Representation ID: 1166

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Support the acknowledgement that development outside of settlement boundaries in non-Green Belt settlements will require alteration to accommodate growth and deliver a sustainable spatial strategy. Proportionate growth would assist in supporting existing and proposed services and facilities and deliver new/improved infrastructure.

Object

Representation ID: 1174

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Unmet housing needs should be considered in setting the housing target and include shortfalls from the Birmingham Development Plan 2017, and the Black Country shortfall. These do not take into account the 35% uplift to housing needs applicable to Wolverhampton and Birmingham. The 4,000 home contribution appears reasonable and is justified by shared evidence produced by HMA LPAs.

Projected working age population growth in the SHMA doesn’t match projected job growth, which is significantly higher, especially when West Midlands Interchange job growth is considered. Further evidence is necessary to consider the balance between jobs and working age population age.

The settlement hierarchy and distribution of housing growth adjacent to the Black Country and in the most sustainable villages is supported. This reflects Tier 1 - 3 settlements' role as sustainable locations for growth. Sites over 1ha should not be excluded from the site assessment process in Wheaton Aston.

Support

Representation ID: 1175

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Highlight that even if a suitable or viable option were identified it would take a long time to masterplan and deliver alongside a much larger scale of infrastructure than other development.

Support

Representation ID: 1176

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Support the identification of strategic sites. A housing trajectory should be published as part of the review process to ensure the reliance on these strategic sites does not undermine the timely delivery of housing against a non-stepped trajectory.

Object

Representation ID: 1179

Received: 12/12/2021

Respondent: Keon Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Concerns that insufficient growth has been focused on the Tier 3 non-Green Belt village of Wheaton Aston to support and strengthen existing services and meet local housing needs. Site 426b should not be ruled out on the basis of being over 1ha and performs better than a number of the preferred allocations.