Sandwell Local Plan Main Modifications Consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 1727

Received: 26/03/2026

Respondent: National Grid

Agent: Fisher German

NGET advocates the high standards of design and sustainable development forms promoted through national planning policy and understands that contemporary planning and urban design agenda require a creative approach to new development around high voltage overhead lines and other NGET assets.

With the above in mind, NGET would like to provide its strong support for inclusion of wording at Policies SSM1 (b) and SSH3 (g) (Main Modifications 91 and 81 respectively) and their explicit recognition of the presence of NGET assets within the sites, and specifically a requirement of the policy for a strategy to be produced which responds to those assets and demonstrates how the NGET Design Guide and Principles have been applied at the master planning stage and how the impact of the assets has been reduced through good design.

Without this acknowledgement and requirement, policies SSM1 and SSH3 would not be effective as they could not be delivered as proposed; unencumbered by the constraints posed by the presence of NGET infrastructure.

Comment

Representation ID: 1728

Received: 26/03/2026

Respondent: National Grid

Agent: Fisher German

NGET advocates the high standards of design and sustainable development forms promoted through national planning policy and understands that contemporary planning and urban design agenda require a creative approach to new development around high voltage overhead lines and other NGET assets.

With the above in mind, NGET would like to provide its strong support for inclusion of wording at Policies SSM1 (b) and SSH3 (g) (Main Modifications 91 and 81 respectively) and their explicit recognition of the presence of NGET assets within the sites, and specifically a requirement of the policy for a strategy to be produced which responds to those assets and demonstrates how the NGET Design Guide and Principles have been applied at the master planning stage and how the impact of the assets has been reduced through good design.

Without this acknowledgement and requirement, policies SSM1 and SSH3 would not be effective as they could not be delivered as proposed; unencumbered by the constraints posed by the presence of NGET infrastructure.