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Representation ID: 23416

Received: 15/02/2022

Respondent: L&Q Estates

Agent: Barton Willmore

5.2 Draft Policy DEL1 (Infrastructure Provision) of the Draft Black Country Plan emphasises that all new developments should be supported by the necessary on and off-site infrastructure to serve its needs, mitigate its impacts on the environment and the local community and ensure that it is sustainable and contributes to the proper planning of the wider area. Therefore, we are supportive of this policy in principle, owing to its conformity with national planning policy.

5.3 We support the draft Plan’s assertion that allocated sites on the fringe of the urban area, which have been removed from the Green Belt, will be easier and quicker to deliver than sites within the urban area

5.4 In addition, we agree that some allocated sites will need to be supported by a range of new infrastructure, such as schools, shops and improved local transport infrastructure, due to their significant size.

5.5 Part 3 of Draft Policy DEL1 advises that the Black Country Authorities will set out in Development Plan Documents, Infrastructure Delivery Plans, Supplementary Planning Documents, and where appropriate, masterplans:

a. The infrastructure that is to be provided or supported;
b. The prioritisation of and resources for infrastructure provision;
c. The scale and form of obligation or levy to be applied to each type of infrastructure;
d. Guidance for integration with adjoining local authority areas;
e. The procedure for maintenance payments and charges for preparing agreements;
f. The defined circumstances and procedure for negotiation regarding infrastructure provision.

5.6 We strongly support this approach to address infrastructure requirements for proposed urban extensions, such as Yieldfields, and to review the needs of each area based on its size and location.