Brierley Hill AAP - Evidence

The Brierley Hill Area Action Plan has been founded on a robust evidence base. This evidence is summarised in the Baseline Report and listed here for clarity.

This list contains reference to national, regional and local level documentation. National planning guidance is usually in the form of Planning Policy Statements and Planning Policy Guidance notes. These have not been listed separately but are referenced in the Baseline Report and can be viewed on the Communities and Local Government website. 

Each document can be viewed by either downloading the relevant pdf attachments from the bottom of this page or by following the links to the relevant web pages. Document titles with an asterisk are "critical reading".

Main Submission Documents

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Publication Document (November 2009)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Proposals Map (November 2009) (available to download below)

• *Schedule of Recommended Amendments to the Proposed Submission Documents for Consideration by the Planning Inspector during Examination (February 2010) (available to download below)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Consultation Statement (February 2010)

• *Representations of the Brierely Hill Area Action Plan Publication Document (February 2010)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Consultation Statement (November 2009)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Consultation Statement Appendices (November 2009)

• *Sustainability Appraisal of the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Publication Document (November 2009)

• Statement of Community Involvement (November 2006)

Documents Published Throughout the Examination

• Statement of Proposals Matters (Statement of Proposals Matters on the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan) (available to download below)

• Schedule of RSS Changes (September 2010) (available to download below)

• Further Proposed Changes to the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan (‘Track Changes for examination in Public’ September 2010 version (December 2010)) (available to download below)

• Appendix E of the Further Proposed Changes to the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan (‘Track Changes for examination in Public’ September 2010 version (December 2010)) (available to download below)

• Appendix F of the Further Proposed Changes to the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan (‘Track Changes for examination in Public’ September 2010 version (December 2010)) (available to download below)

• Inspectors Report Letter (Letter from the Planning Inspectorate regarding Brierley Hill Area Action Plan final report) (available to download below)

• Inspectors Report (Brierley Hill Area Action Plan final inspectors report) (available to download below)

• Inspectors Report – Appendices A and B (available to download below)

• Inspectors Report – Appendix D (available to download below)

• Inspectors Report – Appendix E (available to download below)

Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Related Documents

• Equality Impact Assessment of the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Publication Document (November 2009)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Policy Development Update (March 2009)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Sustainability Appraisal of the Policy Development Update (March 2009)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Preferred Options (February 2008)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Preferred Options Sustainability Appraisal (March 2008)

• *Report on Reasons for Selection of Preferred Options (February 2008) (available to download below)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Issues and Options Report (July 2007)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Issues and Options Consultation Report (2007)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Frontloading Consultation Report (2007)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Issues and Options Report Sustainability Appraisal (July 2007)

• Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Scoping Report (March 2007)

• Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Sustainability Appraisal Screening Statement (October 2008)

• *Soundness Self-Assessment Statement (February 2010) (available to download below)

• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Baseline Report (February 2010)

Other Supporting Evidence Directly Related to Brierley Hill

• *Brierley Hill Urban Historic Landscape Characterisation (Conservation Studio, November 2007)

• *Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Proposals Brierley Hill High Street (March 2009)

• *Brierley Hill Development Framework and Land Use (David Lock Associates February 2008) (available to download below)

• *Brierley Hill Physical Regeneration Implementation Strategy (August 2006) (available to download below)

• *Merry Hill New Build Study (Entec, December 2006) (available to download below)

• Brierley Hill Town Centre Planning and Design Guidance (David Lock Associates, February 2002) (available to download below)

• The Waterfront Impact Study (1997) (available to download below)

• Merry Hill: Facing the Future - Joint Urban Design Study (David Lock Associates, May 1996) (available to download below)

• Brierley Hill Economic Impact Study (BHRP 2002) (available to download below)

• Brierley Hill Arts and Creative Economy Strategy (August 2008) (available to download below)

• Brierley Hill Air Quality Action Plan (Dudley MBC, 2004)

• *Brierley Hill Area Development Framework (1998) (available to download below)

• Economic Impact of the Expansion of Brierley Hill/Merry Hill (Regeneris April 2006)

• Pensnett Canal Feasibility Study (December 2004) (available to download below)

• Contamination Assessment of the Pensnett Canal at Brierley Hill (1997) (available to download below)

• *Brierley Hill Public Transport Strategy (ITP July 2009) (available to download below)

• *Car Parking Study (Dudley MBC, July 2009) (available to download below)

• *Brierley Hill Transport Strategy Modelling Technical Note (ITP, October 2009) (available to download below)

• *Brierley Hill Public Transport Strategy Preparation of Outline Engineering Designs (ITP) (available to download below).

• Brierley Hill Multi-Decked Car Park Feasibility Study (Mott MacDonald, May 2009) (available to download below)

Dudley MBC Planning Policy and Related Documents

• *Unitary Development Plan (2005)

• *First Deposit Unitary Development Plan (2000)

• *Revised Deposit Dudley Unitary Development Plan (2002)

• Inspector's Report into the Dudley Unitary Development Plan (March 2004)

• Local Development Scheme (November 2009)

• Local Development Scheme (July 2005) (available to download below)

• Historic Environment SPD (September 2006)

• Parking Standards and Travel Plans SPD (March 2007)

• Nature Conservation SPD (September 2006)

• *Planning Obligations SPD (March 2009)

• Parks and Green Space Strategy (June 2009)

• *Dudley Borough Community Strategy 2005-2020

• Annual Monitoring Report (December 2009)

• *Affordable Housing SPD (June 2006)

• New Housing Development SPD (June 2007)

• Open Space, Sport and Recreation SPD (June 2007)

• Dudley Housing Strategy 2007-2010

• Housing Needs and Demand Study (2005)

• Dudley Cultural Strategy (2006)

• Dudley MBC Annual Progress Report on Air Quality (2008)

• *Dudley Borough 'Centres and Retail' Town Centre Reviews (2009)

• Dudley Borough 'Centres and Retail' District and Local Centre Reviews (July 2006)

• Dudley MBC Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (March 2010)

Black Country Evidence

• *Sustainability Appraisal of the Black Country Core Strategy Publication Document (November 2009)

• *Black Country Centres Study (GVA Grimley, November 2009)

• Black Country Study (May 2006)

• Black Country A/B Social Group Research (Ecotec, October 2007)

• *Infrastructure Study (Mott MacDonald, November 2009)

• *Black Country Viability Study (2009)

• *Black Country Core Strategy Delivery Plan (2010)

• Black Country Water Cycle Study and Scoping Surface Water Management Plan (Scott Wilson, September 2009)

• Transport Investment Project Prioritisation: Connecting the Black Country (Carlbro May 2006)

• Gridlock or Growth? Congestion Management Study (September 2006)

• *Black Country Study Illustration Tests (Prism - Joint Application Team November 2005)  

• *PRISM Black Country Study (PRISM Joint Application Team, 2006)

• *PRISM Black Country Core Strategy Transport Technical Document (July 2009)

• The Transport Delivery Plan 2007

• West Midlands Local Transport Plan (2006)

• Integrated Transport Authorities Public Transport Prospectus (Centro, 2009)

• Complementary Centres Strategy (Dudley MBC, May 2006) 

• *Environmental Infrastructure Guidance (2009)

• Developing Waterside Investment Opportunities in the Black Country Urban Park

• The Black Country: An Historic Landscape Characterisation (2009)

• The Representation of Canals in the Black Country Historic Landscape Characterisation (2009)

• Birmingham and Black Country Biodiversity Action Plan (2005)

• Geodiversity Action Plan for the Black Country (2005)

• Black Country Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (Jacobs February 2009) (and available to download as PDF below. Maps are also available in JPEG format)

• West Midlands Route Utilisation Strategy (Strategic Rail Authority, July 2005)

• M5-M6 Study Report (2007)

Regional Documents

• West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (January 2008) (revoked 2010)

• Draft RSS Phase One Revision - The Black Country Draft Revision Matters (May 2006)

• *West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Draft Phase One Revision Examination in Public Report of the Panel (March 2007)

• West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision Examination in Public Report of the Panel (September 2009)

• West Midlands Regional Centres Study - Update (WMRA, November 2007)

• West Midlands Regional Centres Study - Further Update (WMRA, May 2009)

• West Midlands Region Rail Development Plan - Draft for Consultation (West Midlands Regional Rail Forum, June 2009)

• Regional Freight Strategy (2007)

• *Black Country Core Strategy Submission Document: Minerals Background Paper 2 & Appendices: Revised (February 2010)

Other Core Documents

Documents not part of the Evidence Base

• Town & Country Planning Act 1990

• Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

• The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004

• The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

• The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

• Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990

Circulars

• Circular 05/2005 Planning Obligations

Planning Policy Statements (PPSs) and Planning Policy Guidance (PPGs)

• PPS1 Delivering Sustainable Development

• Supplement to PPS1: Planning and Climate Change

• PPS3 Housing

• PPS4 Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth

• PPS5 Planning for the Historic Environment

• PPS9 Biodiversity and Geological Conservation

• PPS12 Local Spatial Planning

• PPG 13 Transport

• PPG17 Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation

• Companion Guide to PPG17: Assessing Needs and Opportunities

• PPS22 – Renewable Energy

• PPS23 Planning and Pollution Control

• PPG24 – Planning and Noise

• PPS25 – Development and Flood Risk

Regional Planning Guidance/Strategies

• West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy -  Phase 2 Revision Draft (Preferred Option)

• PRISM Black Country Study - Illustration Tests, PRISM Joint Application Team

• Black Country Joint Core Strategy Transportation Strategy - Executive Overview, Black Country Local Authorities - available to download in PDF below.

• Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan (White Young Green, March 2008) (available to download below)

• *Black Country Core Strategy - Updated Track Changes Version of Core Strategy Document showing Further Proposed Changes

• Black Country Environmental Infrastructure Guidance (EIG) Phase 2 (AECOM workshop presentation May 2010)

• *Black Country Joint Core Strategy - Supplementary Statement of Strategic Centres Office Floorspace, Black Country Authorities

Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Documents produced by Dudley MBC & Other LDF Documents

• Proposed Changes arising Post Submission of the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan due to Revocation of the Regional Spatial Strategy
  
• *Brierley Hill Area Action Plan Submission Document Track Changes for Examination in Public
  

• Table of Changes to References between the Published (November 2009) and Proposed Changes *(September 2010) versions of the Brierley Hill Area Action Plan

• *Harts Hill Masterplan (October 2010) Available to download in PDF below.

Examination Documents

Procedure and General

• A Brief Guide to Examining Development Plan Documents, Planning Inspectorate

• Examining Development Plan Documents -Procedure Guidance, Planning Inspectorate

• Agenda for Pre-Hearing Meeting

• Minutes of Pre-Hearing Meeting (25 October)

Additional Core Documents

(these documents are not part of the evidence base but may provide useful context and background information)

• Regional Housing Strategy

• Regional Sustainable Development Framework 

• West Midlands Health and Well-Being Strategy (West Midlands Regional Health Partnership, 2008)

• West Midlands Climate Change Action Plan (December 2007)

• The Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the West Midlands (West Midlands Climate Change Partnership, 2004)

• Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy (2001)

• Study of the Black Country Centres (GVA Grimley August 2005)

• Investment Analysis & Future Investment Potential of the BC Retail Centres Report and Appendices (Chase & Partners Mar 2006)

• Black Country Study Population and Household Scenario Forecasts 2001-2031 (Mott McDonald September 2004)

• Black Country Study Population and Household Scenario Forecasts for Black Country Districts with an Ethnic Dimension (Ecotec, October 2007)

• Black Country Housing Market think Piece (CSR Partnership, June 2004)

• C3 Area Strategic Housing Market Assesment (Ecotec, May 2008)

• The Black Country Study Employment Land Capacity Study (GVA Grimley Sept 2005)

• Assessment of Future Market Shares (White, Young Green, May 2006) 

• Comparison of Out of Centre Retail Outlets (White Young Green, May 2006) 

• Employment Land Review (2008)

• Broadening Horizons - A Vision of the Black Country Urban Park (Lovejoy September 2004) 

• Black Country Core Strategy Submission Document: Waste Background Paper 2 and Appendices, Black Country Authorities (February 2010)

• Black Country Joint Core Strategy: Minerals Study 2008: Final Report, Appendices and Figures (RPS for Black Country Authorities, March 2008)