Draft Black Country Plan

Comment

Representation ID: 11713

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Woodsetton Charitable Trust

Re The A463 Corridor
Further to our earlier comments we would add the following:-

This corridor is an important gateway to the Black Country from the west.In consultation with the Staffordshire authorities the visual impact of the route could be enhanced by opening up vistas revealing the views from the road.

Re. Other Corridor enhancements

There would be benefits in terms of the attractiveness of the areas to residents,businesses and others of applying more widely the ideas of corridor enhancement contained with schematic illustrations in the Conurbation report published in 1948 and in part implemented along the A4123 in Oldbury

Comment

Representation ID: 11715

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Woodsetton Charitable Trust

Greater Priority needs to be given to Conserving and Improving Open Space in the Black Country

Comment

Representation ID: 12362

Received: 07/09/2021

Respondent: Woodsetton Charitable Trust

Thanks for response.

I raised the Wombourne issue because its relationship to Dudle y is in my view strategic including,housing,movement to work in Black Country , Birmingham and shopping in Sedgley and Kingswinford.
I was not focusing on the diagram.
I would have thought strategic included cross boundary BC issues linked to cooperate with adjoining authorities.
There does not seem to be anything in BC Plan putting prposals in wider WM Region setting
Any further comments?

Thanks for that.
This is a big gap .It undermines the credibility of the plan and its ability to deliver local and regional needs..
The plan needs to be tested in relation to TWM and Staffordshire Plans for development.
Housing development in Wombourne is and will impact on north Dudley given the dependence of those residents on jobs in BC and Birmingham.
George Morran

Many thanks.
Please submit my obs.
There is mtg tonight of the Woodsetton Trust and will be reporting on the plan including our discussions.The Trust will be making its obs in due course.
I understand the way national guidelines impact.However I would hope the LA,s and their professional advisers can apply the guidance to the reality on the ground.
George Morran