Yes

ID sylw: 100734

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: M J Coles Construction

Asiant : Stansgate Planning

This statement promotes HELAA refs ID 510 and ID 409 as part of proposed new settlement A2.

Combined the sites can provide 1000 houses with additional scope for Gypsy/Traveller pitches. Site 510 has vehicular access from Broad Lane (Wood End) and Bates Lane (Tanworth-in-Arden). It is adjacent to the settlement boundaries of Wood End and Tanworth-in-Arden. It is 1km from Wood End Railway Station, 1.2km from the A445, 3km from M42 junction 3, and 600m from Tanworth-in-Arden Primary School.

No infrastructure work has yet been commissioned but delivery of these sites would likely occur in the first 15 years of the Plan period. On the basis of 1000 houses and a gypsy/traveller site, delivery can start within the first 5 years and be completed within 15 years at a build rate of 100 dpa. The landowners will pursue a comprehensive and collaborative approach to development and infrastructure. The site may include solar farm development to contribute towards net-zero development. Development of A2 would result in wider public access to land and new community and commercial buildings.

Yes

ID sylw: 106250

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: M J Coles Construction

Asiant : Stansgate Planning

With regards to the Sustainability Appraisal:

Objective 1: mitigation possible through use of low carbon technologies, tree planting, landscaping, integrated solar panels, EV charging points and avoidance of gas boilers. Potential for solar farm development.
Objective 2: low risk of flooding from rivers, seas, and surface water flooding.
Objective 3: careful layout and design can avoid impact on nearby SSSIs. Review of biodiversity, geodiversity, flora and fauna will be commissioned.
Objective 4: A2 is wholly within the Arden SLA but broad areas and impacts can be mitigated through landscape-led design practices.
Objective 5: New settlement is separated from Grade I Church of St Mary Madalene by intervening development in Tanworth-in-Arden and development is unlikely to significantly impact the setting. Careful buffering around Beaumont Hill Farmhouse can also avoid adverse impact to the setting of this LB.
Objective 7: Sites 510 and 409 are Grade 3 and thus not of highest agricultural quality.
Objective 10: A2 is one of two settlements within sustainable distance to an existing GP surgery. It is also within sustainable distance of existing public greenspaces.
Objective 11: A2 is one of five settlements within a sustainable distance of 2km to a railway station
Objective 12: A2 is one of three settlements partially within sustainable distance to an existing primary school. Site 510 has direct access to Tanworth-in-Arden via Bates Lane, only 600m from Tanworth-in-Arden Primary.
Objective 13: There is little separating A1, A2, C1 and F3 which are all identified to have a minor negative impact on access to employment. A2 does not have existing employment but is close to major employment areas of the Birmingham/Solihull conurbation and Redditch, about 5km and 3km away respectively. The site has good accessibility to the strategic highway network of the M42 (Junction 3) and A435.