Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 11045
Received: 13/12/2020
Respondent: Golden End Farms
Agent: Delta Planning
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Securing the benefit of an improved football club may not be achievable and only housing north of Hampton Road would be delivered.
Uncertainty over whether a comprehensive development is achievable and concern over deliverability and viability.
Site faces many challenges including topography, site capacity (due to site constraint mitigation), timing of club relocation. The site is complex and housing will not be delivered until later in the plan period.
If no co-ordinated approach to delivery of the whole site can be demonstrated, including viability regarding relocation of the Football Club, the allocation is not sound and should be removed.
In circumstances where the site promoters cannot demonstrate during the examination a co-ordinated approach to delivery of the whole site, and a high degree of confidence that the relocation of the football club is viable, then the site allocation should be considered not sound and removed.
In circumstances where the above can be satisfied and the policy is retained, the wording of Policy KN1 and accompanying text should be amended to ensure the club relocation is delivered. In these circumstances Policy KN1 be amended as follows:
- Paragraph 1 should be amended as follows: “The site is allocated for 180 dwellings together with the re-provision of Knowle Football Club”.
- Paragraph 4(iii) should be amended as follows: “The preferred site for the relocation of the existing football club is between the new development and the canal as shown on the concept masterplan. No housing development on any part of the site shall be allowed to commence until such time as the final football club site has been selected, and a commitment and timescale for re-provision is secured.
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