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ID sylw: 101585

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bellway Homes Ltd

Asiant : Stansgate Planning

The National Planning Policy Framework states, at paragraph 11b), that strategic policies should provide for the objectively assessed needs for housing and other uses, as well as any needs that cannot be met within neighbouring areas. This need for cross boundary provision is reiterated in Framework paragraph 36 a). As drafted, Policy Direction 4 does not go far enough towards meeting the needs of the Greater Birmingham and Coventry areas. Some cross boundary requirements are already acknowledged yet the SWLP does not currently propose to make any allocations to meet those needs from the outset and should be amended to do so, reflecting the latest information available.

That notwithstanding it remains appropriate for the SWLP to allocate additional sites which can be released if there is a shortfall against the Districts’ own requirements or needs arising from adjacent areas. A policy of reserve sites must be clearly set out in the SWLP and not left to a separate document, to be adopted at a later date.