Support
Draft Black Country Plan
Representation ID: 22133
Received: 11/10/2021
Respondent: Brockmoor Properties Limited
Agent: CBRE
DUH016 Brockmoor Foundry North and DUH223 Brockmoor Foundry South
CBRE Ltd submitted the two sites as potential sites for residential development to the Black Country Call for Sites consultation in 2020. Both sites are now proposed as separate draft allocations for residential development in the Draft Black Country Plan, namely site references DUH016 and DUH223. These representations relate to both of the proposed draft housing allocations.
The owner of the site is fully supportive of the draft allocations for residential development as set out in the submissions to the Call for Sites in August 2020 given that Brockmoor Foundry is due to relocate in the next 2-3 years. Market advice obtained from CBRE identifies that owing to the site's incremental development and extension of existing facilities, the current industrial premises have been purpose-built to meet the needs of the occupier and are in poor condition. The incremental nature of the site's development limits the potential for alternative industrial occupiers to make use of the site, as the buildings and adjoining servicing and car parking areas do not meet the needs of modern business operations. The Promotion Document submitted with the Call for Sites submissions in August 2020 provides further detail of the opportunity.
Brockmoor Properties Limited support the principle of the proposals for the allocation of Land to the north and south of Leys Lane, Brockmoor within their ownership as draft housing allocations DUH223 and DUH016.
In terms of delivery, Table 14 estimates the delivery of development for both draft allocations in the period 2035-
2039. As set out earlier in this letter, Brockmoor Foundry's intention is to relocate off the site in the next 2-3 years at which time the site will become available for residential development. It is therefore requested that 'anticipated delivery' section within the table is updated for allocations DUH223 and DUH016 to show delivery from earlier in the plan period (i.e. 2024-2029).