Object

Representation ID: 18568

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Dudley Labour Group

Agent: Councillor Qadar Zada

[General brownfield]

We consider there are three fundamental aspects of the process which the BCP has failed to address adequality, which, as a consequence, discredit the proposals and places them at risk of potential legal action. These include the determination of the housing need, timing, duration and nature of the consultation process (including scrutiny) and equality considerations.

Investment in the remediation of brownfield sites


At a Cabinet meeting held in July 2021, which considered the report on the Black Country Plan, including the public consultation on it, the Leader of the Council, Patrick Harley indicated that local residents should be fully involved in the public consultation process as well as prioritising the use of brownfield sites when it comes to future development. He acknowledged that there were previous brownfield sites that had been approved for development, however, he noted no
progress had been made and therefore planning officers were requested to review what was proposed for every brownfield site in the borough.
He commented that the council’s future Scrutiny Committee may wish to consider a review of the full use of current and future brownfield sites, as well as scrutinise those green belt sites that had been proposed within the BCP.


This has not happened and there is no such further transparent mapping exercise been carried out of brownfield sites that we can see the results of. The Labour Group insists on a full review of the use of all current and future brownfield sites in the borough and until and unless this is done, the process should be put on hold.