Publication Plan November 2022

Object

Representation ID: 4195

Received: 21/12/2022

Respondent: Wombourne Parish Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Document is not positively prepared:
- No indication of health authorities being consulted at strategic level
- No published information regarding County Council's Education Authority, School Services Department or Govt. Education Department stance
- Highways Authority should have asked for Traffic Impact Assessment

Document is not justified or effective:
- Wombourne has by far the largest allocation of Tier 2 villages and appears to be determined by site availability not strategic planning
- Tier 5 villages remain untouched which only entrenches their unsustainability
- No plan for any changes in housing numbers which could occur in plan period
- No breakdown of housing need relating to individual areas throughout District
- Appears to be based on ease of site delivery not proximity to transport infrastructure
- Cannot see how improved local services and facilities and open space will be delivered in Wombourne
- Large scale devleopment should be guided by overall strategic plan considering the relationship between housing, employment, health, education, recreation, shopping etc.
- 400 objections were submitted from Wombourne Area, not referenced in Publication Plan - lack of and poor quality consultation
- No published formulas for financial contributions
- No effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic priorities

Document is not consistent with national policy:
- Not objectively assessed in terms of housing needs and other uses
- Five tier 2 villages but majority of growth is located at Wombourne
- Employment land of limited quality appears to be given much higher weight compared to Green Belt land of substantial quality

Object

Representation ID: 4196

Received: 21/12/2022

Respondent: Wombourne Parish Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The document is not justified in respect of Sites 463 and 284:
- Little or no regard for NPPF guidance on 'openness'
- Description of the sites' natural, historic and landscape characteristics given
- Allocation flies in the face of NPPF requirement to preserve/enhance landscape setting of historic settlements and views of historic setting and character
- Does not specify how removing the sites from the Green Belt will be offset
- No assessment of agricultural land or recognition of employment provision provided
- Other sites should be considered which do not form the most open attractive countryside gateway to the village
- Whilst not ideal, limited development along the Bridgnorth Road could be a suitable alternative to prevent loss of the ‘gateway to the village’
- No evidence that attempts have been made to relocate Copart site use to elsewhere in the District or to within the Black Country

The Document is not consistent with national policy in respect of Sites 463 and 284:
- Allocation of sites will detract from improving the local environment and in terms of climate change
- The reticent approach to designating a brownfield site adjacent the village with no obvious impact on greenbelt policy set out in the framework
- The plan has not fully examined all other reasonable options for meeting development needs