Property developer, Wain Estates want to build on the Peak House Farm site off Wilderness Lane.
Ref: DC/23/68822

The 2020 proposal to build 1,000 houses on the site was not included in the DRaft Black Country Plan, and the site is still designated as unsuitable for housing by Sandwell Council.  However, they are trying again, this time for an outline proposal to build 150 houses and a promise of a Countryside Park. An outline proposal only gives a general idea of what developers want to do on a site, with the detail being decided later as  Reserved Matters. Once they have approval developers often then come back with plans for more intensive developments citing viability as the reason for the increase. 

This site is in the Green Belt and this development does not qualify as very special circumstances to justify encroachment into the Green Belt. 

• It is a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC) 
• Has been designated as unsuitable for housing by Sandwell and is not included in the housing passement of the Draft Sandwell Local Plan. 
• The hedgerows have long-standing protection under Historic Hedgerows legislation. 
• The remains of a medieval moated farmhouse are thought to be in one of the fields. 
• Local storm and sewer pipes are already at capacity and struggling to cope with current demand, let alone any additional flow caused by climate change. They certainly won’t be able to cope with additional demand from new houses as well.