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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: West Midlands Housing Association Planning Consortium

Asiant : Tetlow King Planning

The WMHAPC welcomes the Council’s approach in considering a balanced combination of Green Belt
land and brownfield land to accommodate its housing needs.
The Council will be preparing a Stage 2 Green Belt review and acknowledges that if there are “clear sustainability benefits to utilising one or more Green Belt locations, then this will form the basis of an argument that “exceptional circumstances” exist to justify releasing that land from the Green Belt.” It is positive to read that the Councils intend on assessing the Green Belt to identify whether there is
potential available “Grey Belt” land, which relates to areas of Green Belt which are previously developed or otherwise making a limited contribution to the five purposes of Green Belt. Furthermore, the SWLP intends to review villages that are currently included in the Green Belt and decide if any of them should be taken out as well as assessing if the built-up parts of these villages. This is welcomed by the WMHAPC as it will help to enable to Council to allocate appropriate sites for development and to
maximise the delivery of housing throughout the plan period.