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Representation ID: 22135

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Brockmoor Properties Limited

Agent: CBRE

DUH223 Brockmoor Foundry North
The northern parcel of the Brockmoor Foundry sites is approximately 1.9ha and is bound by the Stourbridge canal to the north and west, industrial land to the east, and residential development to the south. The Premier Industrial Estate is located to the north of the canal. Access to the site is currently located on its southern boundary, with a secondary access to the east. This site has a draft allocation under reference DUH223. A site ownership plan is enclosed with this submission.

Currently, both draft allocations comprise industrial units, and associated car parking and loading areas, which have been purpose built for the occupier and evolved over time.

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.

The northern site (draft allocation reference DUH223) is stated within Table 14 of the Draft Black Country Plan to have capacity for 60 homes at a density of 40 dwellings per hectare (dph). The Call for Sites submission and associated Illustrative Masterplan - Dwg Ref C4746_SK001 submitted to the Black Country Authorities in 2020 however demonstrates that the site has capacity for 75-80 dwellings which includes areas for potential attenuation ponds, open space and a play area. We therefore consider that additional residential development can be easily accommodated on site DUH223 and as such we request that the allocation is increased to at least 80 dwellings.