Preferred Options November 2021

Object

Representation ID: 3874

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Save the Seven Cornfields Campaign Group

Housing forecast model is not fit for purpose.

Object

Representation ID: 3875

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Save the Seven Cornfields Campaign Group

Several local plans in the area are running out of phase for example South Staffs and the Black Country these plans should be made in parallel.
Overspill from Black Country and Birmingham has been exaggerated- and has been calculated using out of date figures.
Realising green belt for overspill housing is relinquishing one of South Staffordshire’s unique selling points.
Objects to the duty to co-operate - the council tax from Severn Cornfield site will go to South Staffordshire but amenities and services of adjacent authorities will be used.

Object

Representation ID: 3876

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Save the Seven Cornfields Campaign Group

Green belt should be used for overspill housing – erodes the integrity of the green belt.
Whereas building on some of South Staffordshire’s 80% green belt may have minimal effect on character the erosion of South Staffordshire boundaries due to these developments will have an effect.
Green belt is a public good and once lost cannot be replaced.
If developers or builders were to start but not complete work om all the green belt sites, then the worst of all worlds would have arrived: lost green belt but not completed sites with fewer houses but no amenities.
There should be a triple lock on green belt land.
Seven Cornfields land is grade 5 green belt land.

Object

Representation ID: 3877

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Save the Seven Cornfields Campaign Group

Lack of consideration for creative or innovative Employment or Economic Development.
Lack of promotion of micro-enterprise and venture capital.
There should be a focus on attracting business that around the environment, climate change and biodiversity as these are South Staffordshire unique selling points.

Object

Representation ID: 3878

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Save the Seven Cornfields Campaign Group

There is no consideration to try to avoid land banking and local land being monopolised by a few developers – this drives land prices upward.
Overspill housing will encourage commuting and unsustainable development and create more pollution (including reduces air quality).
Object to development at Linthorne Road, Langley Road and Cross Green.
Flooding – evidence to show ample flooding at nearby sites, if there is poor planning Linthorne Road, Langley Road and Cross Green could be subjected to flooding.
Development may bring water tables upward sin other local areas.
The mix of housing should be in favour of affordable social housing – this cannot be guaranteed.
Increased traffic, congestion and pollution. Increase in hazards and dangers to do with road safety, increase accidents.
Access point to the new site will become pinch points.
Roads are currently already at capacity.
Strain on infrastructure.
Increased pressure on Russells Hall Hospital and New Cross Wolverhampton hospital.
Impact on local schools, increase in class sizes – increase in poor education attainment.
Increased strain on GP surgeries and dentists- longer wait times.
Loss of spare service capacity eg waste disposal.
Proposed development is out of scale and not in keeping with the character of the area.
Increase of noise pollution and loss of privacy.
Creating urban sprawl.
Lack of public transport both bus and rail.
Loss of green open recreational spaces – can effect mental health.
Lack of free green space availability will have effects on lower income households.
Detrimental to the character of the area.
Loss of countryside views.
Impact on wildlife, ecosystems and habitats. Loss of wildlife corridors.
Brownfield sites should be considered and utilised before green belt – vacant retail, office and industrial properties should be considered.
Increase in air pollution and associated health risks.

Object

Representation ID: 3879

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Save the Seven Cornfields Campaign Group

Amount of windfall housing has been underestimated.
More affordable housing is needed. Not just housing.
Lack of regard for affordable housing for younger people.

Object

Representation ID: 3880

Received: 14/12/2021

Respondent: Save the Seven Cornfields Campaign Group

Infrastructure based policy had failed – not though of local residents needs.
Sectors that have been assumed to have been forecast growth through modelling are actually in decline due to COVID and Brexit being just two examples of causes.
Th plan is more about income and wealth rather than planning and Housing consideration.
Homelessness is not given appropriate consideration in PO.
Plan simply considered land for housing and not how to service sub-regions and neighbouring areas to enrich the area.
Lack of correspondence between Development Control and Development Planning.
PO does not address the inequalities found between those with lower incomes compared to those with larger incomes.
Planning committee is out of though with the younger generation that they are trying to attract to the area. PO does not address the type of facilities that are needed by the younger generation. This is reflected in the lack of public transport, and lack of varying income generating opportunities available.