Comment

Representation ID: 2870

Received: 08/09/2017

Respondent: St Philips

Spatial Option H2 is supported by St Philips insofar as this Spatial Option could potentially deliver homes on a large scale, which will be important in the context of a substantial unmet housing need within the Black County. However, this Spatial Option would require large-scale adjustments to the Green Belt boundary with potentially major impacts on Green Belt purposes and environmental assets. In addition this approach is likely to concentrate delivery later in the plan period due to infrastructure and phasing issues, and delivery may be limited by market and infrastructure constraints. St Philips is therefore of the view that a combination of some SUEs and small to medium sized sites (as per Spatial Option H1 to which the identified land at Aldridge aligns) would be the best way forward for the Black Country Authorities.