Comment

Representation ID: 22414

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Stafford Borough Council

We note that the housing requirement for the Black Country is 76,076 new homes to 2039 with a shortfall of 28,239 new homes, together with employment land provision for 565 hectares resulting in a shortfall of 210 hectares. Furthermore it is acknowledged that a number of neighbouring Districts within the Black Country Housing Market Area are progressing their Local Plans in order to address a proportion of the Black Country’s needs for both housing and employment land.

It is acknowledged that in order to meet the Black Country’s development needs requires the release of land identified within the Green Belt. We have identified that amendments to the Green Belt are not directly related to the boundary with Stafford Borough and that no sites (employment, housing or mixed use) have been allocated on land that would have an impact on Stafford Borough.