Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 11022
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: McCarthy and Stone Retirement Lifestyles Ltd
Agent: The Planning Bureau
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Paragraph 172 states: The (affordable housing) policy applies to all development in the ‘C3’ use class. The policy will also apply to ‘C2’ development that provides individual self-contained units that can be counted as part of the Borough’s overall housing supply. Such C2 development will be Extra Care developments which are typically 50 units plus and with extensive communal and care facilities, will differ significantly from that form of retirement housing that has been viability tested.
No viability testing of Extra Care housing has been carried out
That Paragraph 172 be deleted
4 representations proposing amends to Policy 4E and supporting text