Comment
Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation
Representation ID: 9648
Received: 15/03/2019
Respondent: Mr & Mrs Williams
Agent: Oakwood Planning Ltd
Site 127 Grange Road, Dorridge should be Green as incorrectly appraised in Site Selection Methodology.
Step 1. Should be higher priority 3/5 rather than 9 as partly brownfield, and assessed as medium accessibility. Should be medium/high accessibility based on Accessibility Study as should be 80 for accessibility to train services.
As a high performing site, more significant harmful impacts required in Step 2 to exclude.
Step 2. SHELAA should be Category 1 as suitability score of at least 43, and agricultural land should be 5. Accessibility not part of refinement and already found accessible. Breaching green belt boundary not a conclusive factor as majority of sites allocated do similarly. Site has clear physical boundaries that could form defensible green belt boundary without opening up adjoining land. Least harmful site within lower performing green belt parcel. LCA capacity a guide only and accepts likely to be able to accommodate small areas of new development.
SA has 4 positive and 3 not 4 negative effects. Site not accurately reflected by amalgamated site AECOM58 scores. Should be 6 positive and only 2 negative impacts. SA4 should be positive as site contains no agricultural land. SA9 should be neutral as Site not affected by LWS. sa16 should show significant positive effect
These representations have been prepared by Oakwood Planning on behalf of the owners of the property known as Woodford, Grange Road, Dorridge which is identified as Site 127 in the SHELAA/Site Assessments.
The comments predominantly respond to the Draft Local Plan Supplementary Consultation:
Site Assessments in respect of Site 127 and linked to that provide some comments on a number of the consultation questions posed in the Draft Local Plan Supplementary Consultation.