Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries

Support

Representation ID: 60895

Received: 15/01/2014

Respondent: West Midlands HARP Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning Ltd.

We are pleased to see the Council taking a proactive approach to housing provision in the District; the insetting of villages into the Green Belt is a policy direction we fully support as it will generate opportunities to construct much needed affordable housing.

Object

Representation ID: 63159

Received: 15/01/2014

Respondent: West Midlands HARP Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning Ltd.

With reference to the commentary in paragraph 2.13, we query how the Council might deal with any increase in the housing requirement resulting from the joint SHMA. It might be prudent to delay further work on defining the settlement boundaries until the true scale of the housing need has been objectively assessed on the basis that additional rural capacity might need to be found to ensure the needs are met.

Support

Representation ID: 63160

Received: 15/01/2014

Respondent: West Midlands HARP Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning Ltd.

-The village/parish housing needs surveys reference in paragraph 4.6 will also inform this evidence base and we are pleased these are being updated.

Object

Representation ID: 63220

Received: 15/01/2014

Respondent: West Midlands HARP Planning Consortium

Agent: Tetlow King Planning Ltd.

-We query how the Council might deal with any increase in the housing requirement resulting from the joint SHMA. It might be prudent to delay further work on defining the settlement boundaries until the true scale of the housing need has been objectively assessed on the basis that additional rural capacity might need to be found to ensure the needs are met.