New Housing Development - Supplementary Planning Document

In June 2007, Dudley MBC adopted a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) on New Housing Development entitled New Housing Development – a Guide to Establishing Urban Context.  This document has been prepared as part of the Council’s Local Development Framework.  Its purpose is to achieve Council and Government objectives by providing detailed information on implementation of housing policy in respect of design and density. This is so that local character and distinctiveness are paramount in the development of new housing and poor design is rejected.

 

The importance of understanding density in relation to generic locations across the Borough is explored concluding that within each there is a general consistency and intensity of development which should be used to guide future development within each broad location.

 

Seven generic locations are identified:

 

 

To ensure development proposals respond to the characteristics of the generic locations the guidance requires an urban context analysis to be done as part of the Design and Access Statement which needs to accompany a planning application.    Guidance is given on how to carry out the analysis and what to include in any planning application package.

 

The SPD is accompanied by a Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) explaining the consultation process and a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) which examines impact on social, economic and environmental conditions in the Borough.

 

Any person aggrieved by the New Housing Development Supplementary Planning Document may make an application to the High Court for permission to apply for judicial review of the decision to adopt the SPD.  Any such application must be made promptly and in any event not later than 3 months from the 30th June 2007.

 

The New Housing Development SPD is available to download in separate chapters at the bottom of this page.  It is also available for inspection at the following places during normal opening hours:

 

 

The New Housing Development SPD is also available from the planning policy team at Dudley MBC.  Please contact us if you have any questions or would like to request a copy of the document.