Comment

Representation ID: 17506

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Kinver Parish Council

Highways Impact from Proposed Site Allocations:
In particular, sites DUH208 will have a serve impact on traffic on A449, an already busy road in both directions and will impact in South Staffs as detailed below as will site DUH211:

• Modeling and impact assessment on the wider highway network, including into Staffordshire and especially the intersection between the A458 Bridgnorth Road and A449 where there is already a
considerable volume of local traffic.
• Mitigation or necessary planned infrastructure improvements ahead of strategic allocations required to avoid a chicken and egg situation.
• Particular reference to A449 junction at Stourton, currently there is limited evidence to indicate mitigation, potential flow rates etc.

• Our community feedback makes clear that any right turn from the southern carriageway of the A449 onto the A4101 at peak times results in standing queuing traffic. This is adjacent to a proposed site allocation (DUH211 } and would therefore require junction improvements prior to any application or future development not to exacerbate existing issues on the main highway network. At present this is a serve impact on the movement of traffic along the A449. The free flow of traffic at and around this junction is of considerable concern to Kinver residents as it is the most direct route to both Russells Hall hospital and Moss Grove surgery (the group practice serving Kinver).


Proposed Site Allocation DUH211:


We find the following:


• Please explain the reason behind the coalescence.
• The considerations for this site fails to reflect the impact on adjoining areas outside of the plan boundary.
There is no reference to how this site fits with the South Staffs development strategy.
• Removal of green belt how does this comply with NPPF framework?
• Eroding the defensible and policy boundaries (such as green belt to prevent against urban sprawl).
• We would encourage the A449 to be established as the defensible boundary to protect any further impact on removal of additional green belt.
• A design brief in policy that should be created to ensure that the edge of any new development against the A449 boundary is loose in urban gain, maintains the existing established hedgerows and provides a soft transition into the open countryside from the urban area to the east.