Comment

Representation ID: 44933

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey

Agent: Lichfields

Policy HW3 - Health Impact Assessments

10.1 The justification text to Policy HW3 states that policy provides for the individual Black Country authorities to require Health Impact Assessments for development proposals, in line with locally determined criteria, to be set out in local development documents.

10.2 Part 2 of the policy states that where a development has significant negative impacts on health and wellbeing, the Council may require applicants to provide for mitigation.

10.3 As such impact assessments could be applicable to sites allocated in the BCP and may be needed to inform infrastructure provision on these sites, Taylor Wimpey considers that these criteria should be identified in the BCP rather than local development documents. This is the only way to ensure that the soundness of the policy can be properly tested and assessed through the
viability work which accompanies the plan.