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Representation ID: 22367

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: ROSCONN STRATEGIC LAND

Vision for the Black Country
Paragraph 1.43 of the BCP identifies a series of key strategic challenges and objectives that have arisen since 2011 which the Plan Strategy, objectives and suite of policies and proposals seek to address. Paragraph 2.1 then continues by stating that ‘The Vision’ reflects what the Black Country will be like in the future if the needs and aspirations of those who live, work in or visit the area are to be met, whilst also ensuring that it retains the characteristics that make it attractive and distinctive. It also states that the Vision needs to be flexible, to allow authorities to respond to future challenges in a way that is right for the Black Country, its residents and businesses. Paragraph 2.2 then states that The Vision has been written in the context of national, regional and local policy frameworks.

Notwithstanding the broad range of challenges and objectives identified which the BCP needs to address over the Plan period, RSL consider the Vision itself to be far too brief and simplistic, and would benefit from greater elaboration to be more relevant to the uniqueness of the Black Country, thereby helping to frame a clearer vision of how the Plan area will have evolved and been shaped by 2039.