Commission of Strategic Housing Market Assessment for Black Country and South Staffordshire Councils

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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council awarded a contract to Peter Brett Associates LLP for the commission of a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) to support forthcoming reviews of the Black Country Core Strategy and South Staffordshire Local Plan.

The assessment will cover the local planning authorities of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire District Council, providing an assessment of objectively assessed local housing need for each authority and the SHMA area as a whole, and identifying the scale and mix of housing and range of tenures likely to be needed over the plan period 2016-2036, in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), National Planning Guidance (PPG), and other national guidance, including emerging changes from the Housing and Planning Bill.