Publication Plan November 2022

Object

Representation ID: 5134

Received: 13/12/2022

Respondent: Seven Homes

Agent: RCA Regeneration

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

In relation to the 4000-home contribution towards unmet housing needs of the Greater Birmingham and Black Country Housing Market Area, we are supportive of this. However this should be disaggregated between Birmingham and the Black Country.

We also consider that the tier 2 settlements should be subject to an increased level of allocation. The land at Sandyfields Road, Sedgley should be allocated and could deliver up to 105 dwellings.

The Council should provide maximum flexibility within its overall housing land supply to respond to the changing circumstances, to treat the housing requirement as a minimum rather than a maximum and to provide choice and competition in the land market.

Object

Representation ID: 5135

Received: 13/12/2022

Respondent: Seven Homes

Agent: RCA Regeneration

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Whilst we are widely supportive that all new residential developments must strive to achieve net zero regulated carbon emissions, the demonstration of these schemes poses difficulties.

Whilst we acknowledge that much of the requirements will be delivered through improved house types and the new Building Regulations Part L Volume 1 Conservation of Fuel and Power, Volume 1: Dwellings; Policy NB6 is still quite an onerous policy requirement. This is because of the suspicion that this policy has in regard to the impacts towards the viability of residential developments.

These additional requirements therefore add further obligations to those already included in the Building Regulations, which could further impact on development viability.

Object

Representation ID: 5136

Received: 13/12/2022

Respondent: Seven Homes

Agent: RCA Regeneration

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Site 567 Land at Sandyfields, Sedgley should be allocated for housing. The site has been subject to extensive work which is summarised in the Vision Document that was submitted during the preferred options consultation.The site is locationally sustainable and would make a major contribution towards affordable and market housing for the Borough and Dudley.

In comparison to the surrounding promoted sites, the proposed site at Sandyfields Road is a more logical extension to the existing urban edge and there are clear opportunities to deliver new housing within this site, together with extensive green infrastructure within the areas that are most sensitive in landscape and visual impact terms.