Preferred Options November 2021

Support

Representation ID: 757

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Ltd

Agent: Wood PLC

Bellway support the overall approach to meeting South Staffordshire’s housing needs through the provision of a minimum 4,881 dwellings plus a contribution of 4,000 dwellings towards meeting the Great Birmingham Housing Market Area shortfall through to 2038. However, it is considered the settlement hierarchy needs to be amended. Given Wombourne’s unique sustainability credentials it should remain a Tier 1 settlement and Policy DS3 amended.

The attached provides further supporting justification to support this response to Question 5. This includes a proposed amendment to Policy DS3.

Support

Representation ID: 760

Received: 13/12/2021

Respondent: Bellway Homes Ltd

Agent: Wood PLC

Site 416 Orton Lane: Bellway Homes supports the allocation of this site as a deliverable and sustainable site, with further details included as part of the attached.

Site 708 (new allocation): this is proposed as and additional or alternative allocation to the larger allocations currently being considered in Wombourne with limited impacts on the Green Belt given its smaller scale as well as its physical and visual self-containment. Further justification to underpin the allocation of this site, and corresponding proposed changes to Policy SA5 are provided in the attached. This is supported by a landscape and GB review.