Publication Plan April 2024

Support

Representation ID: 6642

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Bloor Homes supports the proposed spatial strategy to 2041 which recognises environmental capacity and seeks to make best use of existing infrastructure whilst recognising opportunities to deliver new infrastructure.

Support

Representation ID: 6643

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Grange Farm, Coven
Settlement hierarchy – Bloor Homes supports the settlement hierarchy which considers the relative sustainability of villages within the District. Coven appears to achieve the highest services/facilities rankings of all villages within the District of the Tier 3 villages within the latest Rural Services and Facilities Audit – only falling short of Tier 2 status by virtue of lack of secondary/high school provision.

Support

Representation ID: 6644

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Settlement hierarchy – Bloor Homes supports the settlement hierarchy which considers the relative sustainability of villages within the District. While the Rural Services and Facilities Audit does not consider locations adjacent to other adjacent towns and cities, these locations should be recognised as sustainable locations for growth.

Support

Representation ID: 6645

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

The Straits -
Spatial distribution of housing growth – Bloor Homes supports the distribution of housing growth to meet locally derived housing need by directing proportionate growth to the most sustainable villages, however any contribution to meet identified unmet needs arising from the Black Country should be focused to the edge of the conurbation to meet need where it arises.

Support

Representation ID: 6646

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Royal's Farm -
Spatial distribution of housing growth – Bloor Homes supports the distribution of housing growth through proportionate growth focused to the villages. It is noted that no proposed growth is identified to the west of Cannock within South Staffordshire due to Cannock’s lack of unmet need in the short term.

Support

Representation ID: 6647

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Additional land east of Bilbrook & land east of Bilbrook
Spatial distribution of housing growth – Bloor Homes supports the distribution of housing growth to the most sustainable villages, including Codsall/Bilbrook to deliver a higher amount of growth. Bloor Homes considers that the proposed development strategy not only assists in providing improved infrastructure but also has due regard to where housing needs exist.

Comment

Representation ID: 6648

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Bloor Homes Ltd would wish to raise concerns that the proposed direction of travel appears overly prescriptive with all market housing proposals to include 70% of properties to comprise three bedrooms or less.
The SHMA utilises a long-term balancing housing market (LTBHM) model to determine future demand for housing. Bloor Homes Ltd would question whether this model does actually determine demand rather than need. The demand is often for a larger open market property than a household may need to provide additional flexibility e.g. working from home. Therefore, the approach to capping the percentage of larger homes, particularly open market homes, fails to provide a good level of flexibility to allow for changing market signals across the plan period or to address varying needs in different locations within the District.

Support

Representation ID: 6649

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Land East of Bilbrook - Bloor Homes supports the efficient use of land and supports the flexibility provided by HC2 to allow sites to be considered on a site-by-site basis, having regard to the prevailing local character, context and other planning policy requirements or opportunities for supporting infrastructure.

Support

Representation ID: 6650

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

Land East of Bilbrook - Bloor Homes supports the mechanism within HC3 to submit a viability assessment at the application stage if it can be demonstrated that circumstances have changed. Viability is dynamic and the Council’s evidence base relates to a snapshot in time.

Comment

Representation ID: 6651

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Bloor Homes

Agent: Evolve Planning & Design

It is considered that a specific requirement for bungalows is not appropriate if instead the Council pursues a policy of requiring 100% of all homes to meet optional M4(2) requirements.
The Government has consulted on raising accessibility standards for new homes but the requirement for all homes to meet M4(2) standards is yet to be mandated. If the Council intends to pursue a policy in respect of M4(2) standards this must be evidenced. Bloor Homes Ltd considers that whilst there may be justification for implementing optional M4(2) standards, the 100% requirement is not justified.
The Policy should be amended to require a maximum of 50% of all new homes to be delivered to meet the optional M4(2) standards, especially where this could be in addition to other homes for older people and others with special housing requirements required by Policy HC4.