Comment
Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation
Representation ID: 10106
Received: 15/03/2019
Respondent: Minton (CdeB) Ltd
Agent: DS Planning
Oak Farm (site 24) allocation should include the full extent of the original submission (Site Ref 136).
The Boundary of the site would make a firmer and more defendable Green Belt Boundary than that currently identified. Roads have been identified as defensible boundaries on other sites; this is no different.
The omitted land makes little contribution to landscape quality or the purposes of the Green Belt.
From the traffic island on the eastern edge of the village, the site is clearly part of the settlement; Friday Lane being the visual boundary between the settlement and open countryside.
This is the response of Minton to the supplementary consultation by Solihull Council
on the Solihull Draft Local Plan January 2019. The purpose of the response is to
comment the draft Plan and promote the site at Oak Farm Catherine de Barnes for
inclusion as a housing allocation within the Plan. The response is by question order.
The original response to the Solihull Draft Local Plan 2016 consultation is also
attached which highlights the reasons why the full Oak Farm site should be an
allocation within the Local Plan. We have also carried out our own Green Belt
Assessment a copy of which is attached