Object

Representation ID: 21363

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Pegasus Grab Hire Ltd

Agent: Emery Planning

Policy CSP2 - The Strategic Centres and Core Regeneration
Areas


5.1 The core areas are proposed to provide a mix of housing and local employment land that are vital in providing for local jobs as well as strong links with the surroundings, knitting together old and new.

5.2 The BCP acknowledges the need for economic growth as one of the key issues for Core Regeneration Areas strategy and proposes the protection and enhancement of sustainable employment land. It also refers to the release of poor quality or underused land to support the regeneration.

The Core Regeneration Areas

5.3 Policy CSP2 refers to two key issues arising from the evidence base:


• Provide for economic growth through the protection and enhancement of sustainable employment land and premises.

• Delivering housing growth through the release of poor quality and underused land.

5.4 It is not considered that the Core Regeneration Areas are protecting and enhancing sustainable employment land. Sustainable employment sites are allocated for housing as part of the BCP despite being in sustainable locations and housing established businesses, despite the employment land shortfalls discussed in Section 3 of these representations.

5.5 We do not find these allocations to be effective considering the uncertainty surrounding the delivery and the sustainability benefits related to the continued use of occupied employment sites within The Black Country.