Celebrations after campaign to remove green belt land from Wombourne development plan
District councillors are celebrating after the removal of a key green belt site in the centre of Wombourne from the local plan for South Staffordshire.
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The land at Smallbrook Farm was previously included in development proposals for over 200 houses in the 2022 Publication Plan, a previous draft of the plan.
The present proposals were discussed at a full South Staffordshire Council meeting on Tuesday where the contribution for over 4,000 dwellings under the duty to co-operate with neighbouring authorities was significantly changed.
It has seen the land at the farm, in Smallbrook Lane, removed from the plan.