Issue - decisions

West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy, Phase Two Revision Revised Housing Targets proposed by CLG through a study by Nathaniel Lichfield Partners (to be published on 8 October 2008)

21/11/2008 - West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy, Phase Two Revision Revised Housing Targets proposed by CLG through a study by Nathaniel Lichfield Partners (to be published on 8 October 2008)

THAT the Council:

1.      re-affirms its previous representations made in May 2008 to the Panel Secretary to confirm its general support for the Phase Two Revision with the reservations  already set out and,

2.      does not object to the allocation of 1,200 additional dwellings in the rural areas during the plan period to 2026 as proposed in the Nathaniel Lichfield Study, and,

3.      expresses concern that the increase in housing allocations suggested in the Nathaniel Lichfield Partnership study for the Region may have adverse consequences for the overall regional strategy.