Publication Plan November 2022

Object

Representation ID: 4875

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: L&Q Estates Limited

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Not positively prepared, not justified and not consistent with national policy.
The provision of 4,000 dwellings is insufficient in relation to the unmet need arising within the GBBCHMA. Review of Birmingham Local Plan is indicating an enhanced shortfall of 78,415 dwellings during the plan period 2020-2042, rendering the Strategic Growth Study effectively out-of-date. Including the potential Black Country unmet need of 36,819 the potential GBBCHMA shortfall is in excess of 100,000 dwellings. South Staffordshire’s current contribution therefore amounts to 4% of the identified shortfall. Further strategic housing sites including Yieldfields Farm should be allocated.

Object

Representation ID: 4980

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: L&Q Estates Limited

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Not justified and not consistent with national policy.
GBBCHMA need is considered to be in excess of 100,000 dwellings. Further strategic sites including Yarnfields Farm should be allocated to meet the District’s future housing requirement and contribute to meeting the unmet needs of the HMA. Such an allocation would be consistent with the strategy of allocating growth adjacent to the neighbouring towns and cities in the Black Country’ and NPPF objectives of significantly boosting supply of homes (para 60) and supporting ‘large scale development, such as significant extensions to existing villages or towns provided they are well located and designed, and supported by necessary infrastructure and facilities.’(para 73).

Object

Representation ID: 4995

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: L&Q Estates Limited

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Not justified and not consistent with national policy.
Council should be providing more strategic housing allocations now to meet current needs including unmet need arising from the GBBCHMA (see response to Policies DS4 & DS5 re: scale of unmet GBBCHMA needs). It should be noted that local authorities should not shy away from higher housing numbers just because Green Belt release will be needed. All suitable new settlements should be considered and assessed as part of this Local Plan Review.

Object

Representation ID: 4996

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: L&Q Estates Limited

Agent: Barton Willmore

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Not positively prepared, not justified and not consistent with national policy.
More suitable sites have not been adequately considered or included for allocation. Yieldfields represents a sustainable location and should be included as a site allocation in the Local Plan. Yieldfields not selected primarily due to perceived higher Green Belt harm. The Green Belt study (2019) predated selection of the southern portion of the site as a Walsall strategic housing allocation. Considered as a consolidated whole (i.e. land within South Staffordshire & Walsall) would result in lower levels of potential harm than reported in the South Staffordshire Green Belt Study and would not significantly weaken the integrity of the surrounding Green Belt. Shallow ridgeline on northern edge of site (when reinforced through green infrastructure) would create defensible site boundary and reduce the risk of settlement coalescence. Barton Wilmore has undertaken a site-specific appraisal of the site against the SA criteria and considers that the site scores well against the 12 SA objectives (8 positives and 2 negatives). It is considered that the Yieldfields site scores better than Linthouse Lane allocation (SA3).