Publication Plan November 2022

Comment

Representation ID: 4100

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Alongside South Staffs Council Kinver has declared a climate emergency. While we welcome the ambitious plans the Council has for mitigating the impact of new developments on climate change, we feel the plans could go further still, especially regarding the carbon reduction targets in new build housing.

Comment

Representation ID: 4101

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

We feel the Local Plan should place greater emphasis on the role of Neighbourhood Development Plans in helping local communities shape how their settlements will grow and develop in future years, and the influence of these plans in shaping the look, feel and composition of new developments. We would welcome greater encouragement towards communities developing their own Neighbourhood Development Plans. South Staffordshire currently has no Neighbourhood Development Plans in place although several are likely to come forward to be adopted, including Kinver Parish Council (submitted for adoption).

Object

Representation ID: 4102

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

We believe the policy underestimates the economic benefits of the Green Belt. Historically Kinver has been a recreational destination for residents of the conurbation and the contribution these visitors make to the local economy have a demonstrable benefit towards maintaining a vibrant High Street and local services.

Comment

Representation ID: 4103

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Kinver has a mosaic of landscapes, including areas of heathland and dry acid grassland habitats, many of which have become fragmented and consequently isolated and vulnerable. We welcome the proposals for Green Belt compensatory improvements but urge that the local plan enshrines a collaborative approach with local conservation organisations to ensure the best possible outcomes from any proposals.
Staffordshire Wildlife trust and the National Trust are already collaborating on initiatives to identify wildlife corridors and wildlife recovery opportunities and therefore make ideal partners for local Green Belt Compensatory initiatives.

Comment

Representation ID: 4104

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

In a similar way to Policy DS1 the provision of open countryside brings an economic benefit to areas such as Kinver. Kinver Edge offers a superb vantage point and attracts numerous recreational visitors, many of whom contribute to the local economy. Identifying and protecting landscapes which can be shown to have direct economic and social value should be more strongly articulated in the policy. Kinver Parish Council remains concerned about the impact of site 274 on the view from Kinver Edge, and developments on this site must take the impact on the open countryside into consideration.

Object

Representation ID: 4105

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

We have every sympathy with the authority in trying to establish what contribution, if any, it should make to the wider housing market area under the duty to co-operate. It is our interpretation that the 4000 dwellings identified to meet the wider housing market exactly equates to the number of new dwellings planned on land being released from the Green Belt. We do not see the evidence to support this number of new homes being built on the Green Belt.

Object

Representation ID: 4106

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Locality 5 represents the ‘pan handle’ of the South Staffordshire district. The plan correctly identifies that there is little unmet housing need in the adjacent metropolitan authority (Dudley). The presumption must be therefore that Green Belt releases in this locality will be servicing the Wolverhampton area to the north. Traffic congestion on the A449 trunk road is a significant feature of the district. The additional traffic implications of housing being allocated to the locality, alongside developments in neighbouring authorities, does not appear to have been fully assessed.

Object

Representation ID: 4107

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Kinver is identified as a tier 2 settlement. The original description presented of Kinver was not accurate and many of the facilities are no longer available in the Parish. Currently Kinver does not have many of the services usually attributed to a tier 2 settlement.

Comment

Representation ID: 4108

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

We welcome the Local Plans emphasis on longer term objectives. We feel too little emphasis is being placed on regional collaboration to identify suitable new settlement sites, especially given the changing infrastructure opportunities arising from HS2 and the Midlands Metro extension. We would particularly welcome collaboration at a county-wide level to identify where future development can achieve the most economic and social benefit.

Object

Representation ID: 4109

Received: 19/12/2022

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

e – 274
This site was released from Green Belt under a previous plan and is now land safeguarded for building. The current site consists of two meadow fields, the slightly northern one fronting White Hill has received outline planning consent for 38 dwellings(20/00621/OUT).
– 576
We refer to our previous observations on the necessity test for Green Belt releases not being met.
Site 576 offers a small development with an identified area of ‘Green Infrastructure’. We refer to our previous observations regarding Green Belt Compensatory Improvements and that any proposals should be designed in collaboration with local conservation bodies.