Evidence and Sustainability Appraisal

A key requirement of the planning system is to demonstrate how and why plans have been produced. In doing this it is necessary to consider the guidance and information contained in a wide variety of documents. This is collectively known as the 'evidence base'.

 

This page will list the documents the Black Country local authorities are using in the preparation of the Core Strategy. The information in these documents is being used to guide the preparation of the Core Strategy's aims, objectives and detailed policies.

 

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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, and can be viewed on the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) website. The regional documents listed have been prepared by the West Midlands Regional Assembly (WMRA), and these can be viewed on the WMRA webpage. A lot of the local level documentation has been prepared by the four Black Country local authorities or by the Black Country Consortium. Each document can be viewed by either following the relevant pdf attachments on this page or by following the links to the relevant web pages.

 

This is a working list and will be updated as the Core Strategy progresses.

 

 

West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (January 2008)

Regional Sustainable Development Framework 

Regional Economic Strategy (Advantage West Midlands 2004)

West Midlands Regional Energy Strategy (WMRA 2004)

 

 

Population and Household Forecasts for Black Country Districts with an Ethnic Group Dimension (ECOTEC October 2007) (available to download below)

Black Country AB Social Group Research (ECOTEC October 2007) (available to download below)

The Black Country Gypsies and Travellers Accommodation Needs Assessment (Fordham Research July 2008) (available to download below)

Black Country Telford Housing Market Renewal Area Phase 1 (ECOTEC September 2005)

 

Each local authority has produced a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). These are available on the relevant council websites, accessible from the links below:

 

 

Black Country Joint Core Strategy Employment Land Review (GVA Grimley April 2008) (available to download below)

Comparison of Forecasts for the West Midlands Region - (WM Enterprise Consultants February 2005) 

Logistics Technical Report Cover - (John Lillywhite October 2005) 

Logistics Technical Report - (John Lillywhite October 2005) 

Assessment of Employment Sites Report (GVA Grimley, November 2009), (available to download below).

 

PRISM Black Country Joint Core Strategy Transport Technical Document Report (PRISM Joint Application Team July 2009) (available to download below)

Black Country Study (Prism - Joint Application Team November 2005)  

Gridlock or Growth Choices and Challenges for the Future - Towards an Integrated Transport Strategy (West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority-July 2007) (to be made available shortly)

Canal Freight Feasibility Study (July 2009), (available to download below).

 

Chase & Partners Report Appendix 1 - Wolverhamtpon 

Chase & Partners Report Appendix 3 - West Bromwich 

Chase & Partners Report Appendix 4 - Dudley 

Black Country Centres Study (GVA Grimley, November 2009), (available to download below).

 

Environmental Technical Report 'Quality Of Place' - (Black Country Study September 2005) 

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

HLF Presentation for 14th June - Please call 08458 15 15 15 to request a copy of this document

Black Country Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (Jacobs February 2009) (available to download below)

Habitat Regulations Assessment of the Joint Core Strategy for the Black Country (White Young Green, March 2008) (available to download below)

Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Phase 2 Revision of the Regional Spatial Strategy for the West Midlands and Habitats Regulations Assessment Appendices (October 2007)

West Midlands Regional Flood Risk Appraisal - Final Report and Figures  (October 2007)

Black Country Geodiversty Plan

Birmingham & The Black Country Biodiversity Action Plan (July 2000)

PPG17 (Open Space Strategy) for the Black Country Local Authorities can be found at the links below.

 

 

Environmental Infrastructure Guidance Phase One (June 2009), (available to download below).

Black Country Water Cycle Study and Scoping Surface Water Management Plan (Scott Wilson, September 2009), (available to download below).

Developing Waterside Investment Opportunities in the Black Country Urban Park (GHK, January 2009), (available to download below).

The Black Country Historical Landscape Characterisation work can be found at the links below:

 

 

Minerals Background Paper (available to download below)

A Survey of Current Mineral Reserves in the Black Country (Scott Wilson March 2007) (available to download below)

Black Country Mineral Study 2008 (RPS March 2008) (available to download below)

 

The Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Publication Document of the  Core Strategy for the Black Country and details of this can be found at our Sustainability Appraisal page.

 

Infrastructure and Deliverability Study (Mott MacDonald, November 2009), (available to download below).

Sample Sites Viability Study (Mott MacDonald/GVA Grimley, October 2009), (available to download below).

 

Diversity and the Black Country Study -The Need for a Diversity Strategy - (Gurbux Singh March 2006)