Object

Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Representation ID: 10692

Received: 07/12/2020

Respondent: Mr Giles Cook

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

Unsound because a) it is misleading to call it SO1 as it clearly lies in Catherine de Barnes ward of Hampton in Arden Parish. It should be listed as HA3 to draw residents attention to this section.
b) SO1 has never been out for consultation in its present form. It is an amalgamation of previous sites. Residents are objecting strongly to the size of the present site.
c)Increasing Catherine de Barnes from 400 to 1100 dwellings is against Solihull Green Belt Assessment 2016 and the long standing Meriden Gap policy.

Change suggested by respondent:

It is recognised that Solihull needs to build more houses but this location is currently worked as agricultural land, both pasture and arable. Therefore a ribbon development along Lugtrout Lane is more suitable for house building with small infill sites where appropriate between Lugtrout Lane and the canal and along Hampton Lane. This would leave productive Green Belt land untouched but allowing for a smaller increase in the size of Catherine de Barnes which already includes the development from site HA2 (Oak Farm)

Full text:

Unsound because a) it is misleading to call it SO1 as it clearly lies in Catherine de Barnes ward of Hampton in Arden Parish. It should be listed as HA3 to draw residents attention to this section.
b) SO1 has never been out for consultation in its present form. It is an amalgamation of previous sites. Residents are objecting strongly to the size of the present site.
c)Increasing Catherine de Barnes from 400 to 1100 dwellings is against Solihull Green Belt Assessment 2016 and the long standing Meriden Gap policy.