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Local Plans evidence

This page contains evidence that we use to prepare documents that form Local Plans for Walsall (formerly Local Development Framework - LDF) and other work.

Our planning policy documents are supported by a wide range of other documents and studies. These show what the current situation is like and set out the matters that our plans have to deal with. They include national and local policies, and reports and studies commissioned by the council and other bodies.

BCCS evidence

A Greater Birmingham Housing Market Area (HMA) Strategic Growth Study was undertaken to identify ways forward to respond to an identified shortfall in the provision of land for new housing to meet the needs of Birmingham as well as to the scale of need emerging from the Black Country. 

The publication of the study shows cooperation between the 14 authorities from across the Greater Birmingham HMA, who commissioned the evidence as part of the legal duty to cooperate with each other on the planning of their areas.

The study is a technical one and is not a policy document, it does not propose what should be built or where.  The study will be brought together with the Black Country authorities’ own local evidence for the Core Strategy Review.

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You can find further documents and evidence on the Black Country Plan website.

SAD, AAP and HRA evidence

The evidence below supports a number of local plan documents including the Site Allocations Document (SAD), Area Action Plan (AAP) and Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA).

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The Council has carried out a sustainability appraisal (SA) of the Site Allocations Document (SAD) and Town Centre Area Action Plan (AAP).  The SA incorporates a Strategic Environmental Assessment, Equality Impact Assessment and Health Impact Assessment.

The purpose of the SA is to assess the impact of the plans on social, economic and environmental issues, and ensure, where there are options, that the policies in the plans are chosen to have the most positive impact, measured against the objectives of the plans.

This has involved scoping what these issues should be, appraising the options for the plans, appraising the draft policies that are proposed to be in the plans and preparing a report that describes what has been done.

Preparation of the SA has been done in stages in parallel with the preparation of the plans. The SA documents are available for download below.  These are listed in date order, with the most recent at the bottom.

Many of the documents were produced in draft form and then revised to incorporate comments received or to assess changes made to the plans. In most cases, the more recent documents incorporate and update the content of the older versions.

Only the most recent versions therefore need to be read, except that the older ones show how the plan has been developed.  The final part of the process is the Submission Stage SA.

Development of the Sustainability Appraisal Framework - SA Scoping Report

A draft SA Scoping Report was published in September 2011 for public consultation. This report was then updated to reflect the comments received from the public and a review by the Council’s sustainability appraisal adviser, Ursus Consulting Ltd, and new evidence that became available.

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Scoping the plans led to the creation of a SA Framework. Following the Issues & Options stage, the Council reviewed the SA Framework against the most recent national policy guidance, to ensure that the objectives on which it was based remain up-to-date and relevant.

Details of the review of the SA Objectives against current national, sub-national and local policy, and the Revised SA Framework (2015) can be found in the final SA Report (March 2016) - see below.

SAD and AAP Options Appraisals - Issues and Options SA

A series of options were prepared for the plans. These were all appraised where they were considered “reasonable”. The SA Options Appraisal Report (April 2013) summarises the findings of the appraisals carried out at the Issues and Options stage in 2013.  

This involved firstly, “testing” the Objectives of the SAD and AAP against the SA Objectives identified in the Revised SA Scoping Report, and secondly, appraising the Options for the SAD and AAP using the SA Framework in Appendix G of the Revised SA Scoping Report.  

The Objectives for the SAD and AAP changed following the Issues & Options stage, and further Options were also identified. The Council has therefore tested the revised Objectives for each plan against the Revised SA Objectives and has carried out a Revised Options Appraisal, covering the new Options, and using the Revised SA Framework developed in 2015.  

The results of the Revised SAD and AAP Objectives Testing and Revised Options Appraisals at January 2016 are presented in the SA Matrices below. Further information about the evaluation of the SAD and AAP Objectives and Options, including a summary of the results of the Revised Options Testing and Revised Options Appraisal can be found in the final SA Report (March 2016) - see below.

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Appraisal of the SAD and AAP - Preferred Options SA: January 2016  

The emerging results of the Options Appraisals were taken into account in the development of the Draft SAD and AAP (Preferred Options) which were published for public consultation in September 2015, and the results of the updated Options Appraisal (January 2016) have been reflected in the final plans published for public consultation in March 2016.

The Council carried out an appraisal of each of the policies in the Draft SAD and AAP (Preferred Options) in 2015, which was revised and updated in January 2016 before the final plans were completed.

The appraisals were carried out at a high level in the first instance, although a more detailed appraisal of SAD Policies M8 and M9 was carried out because ‘significant’ harmful effects were identified in the high level appraisal. The results of the appraisals are set out in the SA Matrices which are available for download below.

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SAD and AAP SA Report - Publication Stage: March 2016

The appraisal process and the outcomes are explained in the SA Report which is available for download below. The Appendices provide further information on the review of the SA Framework, the results of the Options Appraisals and reasons for selection of Options, the Appraisal results and other background information.

Ursus Consulting Ltd carried out a review of the Publication Stage SA and their report is available to view below.

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Pre-Submission Modifications Updated SAD and AAP SA - Submission Stage: October 2016

Many of the Publication Stage documents listed above have been revised to take account of the review by Ursus Consulting and also to include an assessment of the pre-submission modifications agreed by the Council’s Cabinet in July 2016. The latest documents that include these revisions can be downloaded below.  This is the final SA to be submitted as part of the examination:

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The Black Country Core Strategy (BCCS) was subject to a Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) which was published in June 2010.

The HRA Screening Report, following the precautionary principle, identified the possibility that proposals in the BCCS could have likely significant effects on three European Sites (the Cannock Chase SAC, the Humber Estuary SAC, SPA and Ramsar and the Severn Estuary SAC, SPA and Ramsar).

The Appropriate Assessment (AA) stage of the HRA process recommended that, as the strategic growth network identified in the BCCS would be delivered through individual authorities’ Site Allocation Documents or Area Action Plans, these future plans should re-examine any likely significant effects and any appropriate mitigation that may be needed.

Therefore a separate HRA process has been undertaken to accompany the production of the Site Allocation Document and Town Centre Area Action Plan.

This process has considered the likelihood of any significant effects, as a result of the policies in the proposed Development Plan Documents, to Cannock Chase SAC, Cannock Extension Canal, the Humber Estuary SAC/SPA/Ramsar and Severn Estuary SAC, SPA and Ramsar.  

There is an approach to mitigate effects of increased recreational pressure from new residential development developed by the Local Authorities who constitute the Cannock Chase SAC Partnership.

Whilst Walsall Council has dedicated significant amounts of resources and played an active role in discussions with the partnership over several years, for some time the Council was unable to negotiate a mitigation approach that would properly reflect the evidence and the implications insofar as they would relate to Walsall Borough.  

However, further work, advice and discussions – reflected in the Pre-Submission Modifications to the Site Allocations Document as well as in a revised HRA Report (October 2016) appear to have resolved the Issues.  

Some of the SAC Partnership authorities have said they would have no objection if Natural England does not, and Natural England has accepted the approach in principle.  

The approach involves the Council signing an agreement to accept the principle of an 8 km ‘zone of payment’ for mitigation around the SAC, which would take in a small area at the northern tip of Brownhills.

The links below include Walsall's HRA Report (October 2016). The report discusses the potential for impacts to the sites identified, and explains the council's approach towards ensuring the European protected sites are not harmed as a result of implementing the SAD and AAP.  

The 'Ashdown Forest' Court case established the requirement for options for the mitigation of significant effects on ‘habitats’ to be the subject of Sustainability Appraisal.  The links also include the draft of the proposed legal agreement, which is being shared with the Cannock Chase SAC Partnership.

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  • Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Black Country Core Strategy (November 2008) White Young Green.pdf
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  • Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Black Country Core Strategy - Screening Report (June 2010) EU Associates.pdf
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  • Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Black Country Core Strategy - Appropriate Assessment (June 2010) EU Associates.pdf
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  • Walsall Council SAD & AAP Habitats Regulations Assessment Report (October 2016) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Draft Legal Agreement Proposed between Walsall Council and Cannock Chase SAC Partnership (May 2017) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Updated Draft Legal Agreement Proposed Between Walsall Council and Cannock Chase SAC Partnership (Feb 2018) Walsall Council.pdf
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Site Allocation Document (SAD) evidence

The list below is arranged in the order of the chapters in the Site Allocation Document (SAD) and primarily supports that document, however, the evidence will also be used to support other work.

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(The final report was presented to the West Midlands Combined Authority Board 17th February.  This link provides the report and minutes of the meeting)  

The amount of new housing that needs to be provided is derived from household projections prepared by the Government and local evidence about the household growth that is expected in the future. The Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) identifies future housing requirements, whilst the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) identifies potential sites that might be developed for new homes. The SHLAA is updated each year and contains details of the five-year housing land supply that the Council is required to maintain. It should be noted that inclusion of a site in the SHLAA does not necessarily mean that the site should be used for housing: the preparation of the local plan includes an assessment of the various evidence to determine what land should be allocated for, taking account of the requirements for different land uses.

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  • A Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) for the C3 Housing Market Area of the West Midlands (May 2008) ECOTEC.pdf
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  • Housing Needs Assessment Update Borough of Walsall (February 2011) Fordham Research.pdf
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  • Walsall Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Update (SHLAA) (May 2016) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Walsall Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Update (SHLAA) (December 2017) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Dementia and Town Planning (January 2017) RTPI Practice Paper.pdf
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There is currently a separate process to assess the need for sites for gypsies and travellers. This is because the numbers are generally small and would be “lost” in any assessment of general housing requirements. The Black Country Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) provides an assessment of need to 2018. A draft revision of this, to cover Walsall alone, has been prepared and is linked to below. The draft explains that Government policy about how the need for traveller sites should be assessed is currently in a state of flux.

A gypsy and traveller site assessment matrix has been prepared to assist in determining which potential sites should be allocated for this purpose.

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  • Travelling Showpeople's Sites - A Planning Focus (undated) The Showmen's Guild.pdf
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  • Section 8 of the Housing Act 1985.pdf
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  • Designing Gypsy and Traveller sites - good practice guide (May 2008).pdf
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  • Black Country Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) (July 2008) Fordham Research Group.pdf
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  • Equality Act 2010.pdf
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  • West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Three Revision Interim Policy Statements and Policy Recommendations (March 2010) West Midlands Regional Assembly.pdf
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  • Walsall Council Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Assessment (November 2010 - Published March 2013) Roger Tym and Partners.pdf
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  • Walsall Council Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site Assessment Appendix (November 2010 - Published March 2013) Roger Tym and Partners.pdf
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  • Planning Policy for Traveller Sites (August 2015) Department for Communities and Local Government.pdf
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  • Walsall Site Allocation Document Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Sites Assessment Matrix (January 2016) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Gypsies and Travellers Frequently Asked Questions (March 2016) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Count of Traveller Caravans, January 2016 England (May 2016) Department for Communities and Local Government.pdf
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  • Walsall Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment Revision 2016 (updated March 2017) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Preferred Options Background Document (August 2015 - Updated May 2017) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Background Paper (May 2017) Walsall Council.pdf
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The Council has prepared an Employment Land Review (ELR) to accompany the SAD and AAP.  This has been prepared in conjunction with the SHLAA update. The previous Walsall Employment Land Reviews and other evidence can be found below it, along with other Land for Industry Evidence.

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  • Black Country Joint Core Strategy Assessment of Employment Sites (November 2009) GVA Grimley.pdf
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  • Black Country Joint Core Strategy Assessment of Employment Sites - Appendices A - D (November 2009) GVA Grimley.pdf
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  • Black Country Joint Core Strategy Assessment of Employment Sites - Appendices E - H (November 2009) GVA Grimley.pdf
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  • Walsall Employment Land Review Volume 1 (January 2012) Roger Tym & Partners.pdf
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  • Walsall Employment Land Review Volume 2 (January 2012) Roger Tym & Partners.pdf
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  • Walsall Employment Land Review Area Plans (January 2012) Roger Tym & Partners.pdf
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Other Land for Industry Evidence

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Black Country Centres Study (November 2009) GVA Grimley

Walsall’s Playing Pitch Strategy (2010-2015) was developed in parallel with the preparation of Walsall’s Open Space, Sport and Recreational Facilities (PPG17) Audit and Assessment report.

The Playing Pitch Strategy is based on an assessment of supply and demand for key pitch sports across the borough, specifically: football; cricket; rugby union and hockey. It takes account of the quantity, quality and accessibility of facilities, using an eight stage assessment method. This method has been used in accordance with Sport England guidance contained in ‘Towards a Level Playing Field’. The local Playing Pitch Strategy provides a framework for making informed planning decisions, targeting financial support and investment in facilities, and planning the delivery of sports development programmes.

The Walsall PPG17 Audit & Assessment has been prepared to inform the preparation of policies in Walsall's Local Plans and provide evidence for considering planning applications and proposals for developments affecting open space, sport and recreational facilities. It will help the council to plan positively to ensure that there is adequate provision of accessible, high quality open space, sport and recreation facilities that meets the needs and aspirations of local communities, local people and people who work in or visit the Borough. Its findings are drawn from a comprehensive technical assessment that assessed the quality, quantity and accessibility of facilities in the Borough in accordance with Planning Policy Guidance Note 17 (PPG17) ‘Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreational Facilities’ (2002) and the supporting Companion Guide ‘Assessing Local Needs and Opportunities’. It focuses on local needs and local provision and the need to make the most effective use of available resources both now and in the future. As such the focus has been to identify local needs, to audit and digitally map local provision, and to set local provision standards based on the findings identified in the PPG17 assessment for quality, quantity and accessibility

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Walsall's Playing Pitch Strategy

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Updated Playing Pitch Strategy for Walsall

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Walsall's Open Space, Sport and Recreational Facilities

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  • Walsall’s Open Space, Sport and Recreational Facilities PPG17 Audit and Assessment (February 2011).pdf
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Scott Wilson - Strategic Leisure

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Other documents

Prepared by the council or other bodies also relevant to open space and community facilities.

Fair Society Healthy Lives - the Marmot Review, (February 2010) Sir Michael Marmot

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  • Walsall Green Space Strategy 2012-2017 (August 2012) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Transforming Health and Wellbeing for all in Walsall. The Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Walsall 2013-2016 (2014) Walsall Health and Wellbeing Board.pdf
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  • 15-0165-FL Gorway Campus - University of Wolverhampton (January 2016).pdf
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  • 15-0744-FL Bentley Lane Cemetery Extension Planning Committee Report (February 2016).pdf
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  • 15-0744-FL Bentley Lane Cemetery Extension Planning Decision Notice (February 2016).pdf
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  • Walsall Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (2016) Walsall Health and Wellbeing Board.pdf
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  • Education and Health Background Paper (April 2017) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • Hatherton Canal Restoration Supplementary Feasibility Report (February 2009) Atkins.pdf
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  • The Black Country Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) (February 2009) Jacobs.pdf
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  • Black Country Environmental Infrastructure Guidance (EIG) Phase 1 (June 2009) Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton Councils.pdf
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  • Policy Advice Notice - Inland Waterways, Unlocking the Potential and Securing the Future of Inland Waterways through the Planning System (July 2009) Town and Country Planning Association and British Waterways.pdf
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  • Humber River Basin Management Plan (December 2009) Environment Agency.pdf
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  • Making Space for Nature.pdf
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  • A review of England’s Wildlife Sites and Ecological Network (September 2010), chaired by Sir John Lawton, DEFRA.pdf
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  • UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) - Priority Habitat Descriptions - Wood-Pasture and Parkland (2011) Joint Nature Conservation Committee.pdf
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  • Natural Environment White Paper - The natural choice - securing the value of nature (June 2011) DEFRA.pdf
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  • Water Resource Management Plan (2014) - South Staffordshire Water.pdf
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  • Cannock Chase Local Plan (Part 1) (April 2014) Policy CP9 - A Balanced Economy - Hatherton Branch Canal Restoration (page 120).pdf
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  • Local Plans - Delivering Inland Waterway Restoration Projects in England and Wales (April 2015) Canal & River Trust and The Inland Waterways Association.pdf
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  • The State of the Environment Dashboard (September 2015) Birmingham & Black Country Local Nature Partnership.pdf
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  • Black Country Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (February 2016) Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton Councils and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff.pdf
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  • Preparatory Work for Walsall Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (December 2016) JBA Consulting.pdf
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  • Birmingham and Black Country Nature Improvement Area Ecological Strategy 2017 - 2022 (2017) The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham & Black Country.pdf
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  • Cannock Chase Local Plan (Part 2) Issues and Options (January 2017) Chapter 6 - Employment. Issue BE1, (paragraph 6.31).pdf
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  • Update to Walsall Flood Risk Data (October 2017) JBA Consulting.pdf
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  • Gazetteer of operating pre-1940 Breweries in England (February 2010) Brewery History Society.pdf
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  • Highgate Conservation Area Appraisal (November 2010) The Conservation Studio.pdf
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  • UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitat Descriptions - Wood-Pasture and Parkland (2011) Joint Nature Conservation Committee.pdf
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  • Managing Water Abstraction (May 2013) The Environment Agency.pdf
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  • Great Barr Hall and Chapel Listing Review Advice Report (April 2016) Historic England.pdf
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  • Great Barr Hall Background Paper to Policy ENV7(December 2016) Walsall Council.pdf
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You can view supporting documents for current Great Barr Hall planning applications on our planning portal. Enter 13/1567/FL into the 'planning reference' search box.

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  • EB233 - Brownhills Common & Birch Coppice Appeal Decision (January 1954).pdf
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  • EB3410 – Highfields North Decision Notice (September 1966).pdf
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  • BA5827 – Ibstock Brick Decision Notice (May 1977).pdf
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  • SSSI Citation for Cannock Extension Canal (March 1993) Natural England.pdf
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  • BC40528P - Salvesen Brick Ltd, Stubbers Green Road Decision Notice (December 1994).pdf
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  • Mineral Resource Information for Development Plans Technical Report WF993 – West Midlands (1999) – BGS.pdf
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  • Mineral Resource Map – Warwickshire West Midlands (1999) - BGS.pdf
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  • BC52105P - Branton Hill ROMP (March 1999).pdf
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  • BC48813P – Birch Coppice - Brownhills Common Planning Committee Report (July 1999).pdf
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  • Brick Clay - Issues for Planning (2001), DTLR and BGS.pdf
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  • BC61247P - Aldridge Quarry ROMP Committee Report (April 2001).pdf
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  • 04-1603-MI-M1 Ibstock Brick Planning Decision Notice (December 2004).pdf
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  • Summary of Information on Coal for Land-Use Planning Purposes (2006) - CLG and BGS.pdf
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  • Survey of Arisings and Use of Alternatives to Primary Aggregates in England, 2005 Construction, Demolition and Excavation Waste (February 2007) DCLG.pdf
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  • 07-0046-WA-E1 Highfields South Quarry Planning Decision Notice (April 2007).pdf
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  • 10-0165-FL Vigo Utopia and Highfields South Quarries Planning Decision Notice (April 2010).pdf
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  • 09-1730-MI Wienerberger Ltd, Sandown Quarry Planning Decision Notice (June 2010).pdf
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  • Black Country Core Strategy - Minerals Monitoring Update (June 2010) Black Country Authorities.pdf
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  • SSSI Citation for Chasewater and Southern Staffordshire Heaths (December 2010) Natural England.pdf
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  • 11-0953-FL Highfields South Landfill Site Planning Decision Notice (September 2011).pdf
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  • Collation of the results of the 2009 aggregate minerals survey for England and Wales (October 2011) British Geological Survey, Department for Communities and Local Government and Welsh National Assembly.pdf
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  • 08-1338-FL Wienerberger Ltd, Sandown Works Planning Decision Notice (November 2011).pdf
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  • Strategic Stone Study - A Building Stone Atlas of Staffordshire, Stoke-on- Trent, Walsall and Wolverhampton (January 2012) English Heritage.pdf
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  • 11-0943-FL Branton Hill Lane Access Road Planning Decision Notice (October 2013).pdf
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  • Developing Onshore Shale Gas and Oil – Facts about ‘Fracking’ (December 2013) DECC.pdf
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  • Solihull Local Plan (2013).pdf
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  • Walsall Council Site Allocation Document and Area Action Plan Minerals Project - Review of Evidence Base for Minerals and Viability and Deliverability of Mineral Development Options (July 2015) Amec Foster Wheeler.pdf
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  • 15-0303-FL Wienerberger Ltd, Sandown Works Planning Decision Notice (September 2015).pdf
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  • 15-1403 Cory Environmental Highfields South Quarry Planning Decision Notice (October 2015).pdf
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  • West Midlands Metropolitan Area - Local Aggregates Assessment (LAA) 2015 (November 2015) West Midlands Aggregates Working Party.pdf
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This is the final version of the 2015 West Midlands Metropolitan Area LAA, which was formally endorsed by the West Midlands Aggregates Working Party (AWP) on 21 March 2016. No substantive changes have been made since the Draft LAA (November 2015) was published on this page on 7 March 2016.

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Documents and Links

Strategic Transport Plan: “Movement for Growth” (December 2015) West Midlands Combined Authority.

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  • UK Renewable Energy Strategy (July 2009) The Department of Energy & Climate Change.pdf
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  • Core Strategy Delivery & Implementation Plan (February 2010) Black Country Consortium_0.pdf
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  • National Renewable Energy Action Plan for the UK Article 4 of the Renewable Energy Directive 2009-28-EC (2010).pdf
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Area Action Plan (AAP) evidence

Walsall Town Centre Area Action Plan (AAP) is supported by a wide range of other documents and studies which are provided below, arranged in the order of the chapters in the AAP:

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  • Walsall Town Centre Demand Study and Development Sites Assessment (July 2015) DTZ.pdf
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  • Walsall Site Allocation Document and CIL Deliverability and Viability Study (September 2015) DTZ_0.pdf
    Download PDF (13.19 MB)
  • Walsall SAD and Town Centre AAP Delivery Strategy and Infrastructure Plan (April 2017) Walsall Council_0.pdf
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  • Walsall Leisure Demand Study (October 2007) Lambert Smith Hampton.pdf
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  • Black Country Environmental Infrastructure Guidance (June 2009) Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton Councils.pdf
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  • Policy Advice Notice - Inland Waterways., Unlocking the Potential and Securing the Future of Inland Waterways through the Planning System (July 2009) Town and Country Planning Association and British Waterways.pdf
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  • 13-0440-FL Waterfront Cinema Planning Decision Notice (June 2013).pdf
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  • Review of Heritage Services in Walsall (September 2013) Black Radley Culture.pdf
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Draft Walsall Town Centre Characterisation Study (March 2016) Walsall Council:

 

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  • Strategic Flood Risk Assessment for the Black Country (Level 1), (February 2009) Jacobs..pdf
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  • Humber River Basin Management Plan (December 2009) Environment Agency..pdf
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  • Walsall Council Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment, (March 2011) Walsall Council.pdf
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  • APP-V4630-W-15-3009493 5-6 Day Street Planning Appeal Decision (May 2015).pdf
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  • Walsall Council SAD & AAP Minerals Project - Review of Evidence Base for Minerals and Viability and Deliverability of Mineral Development Options (July 2015), Amec Foster Wheeler..pdf
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