Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 11056
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: The Dunleavy Family
Agent: DS Planning
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Minimum housing need should be increased to account for UK Central job growth and ‘acute’ need for affordable housing.
Uncertainty and wide variation of figures about HMA shortfall. No evidence that Solihull’s contribution has been agreed or that it meets duty to cooperate obligations. No Statement of Common Ground so no real commitment to resolving the shortfall within the GBBC HMA.
Numbers from the Brownfield Land Register are unreliable given no part 2 register and no guarantee that sites will yield the capacity identified.
Past trends are not compelling evidence that windfall is a reliable source of supply.
Increase in Housing figures of between 1,036 and 1,248 dpa
Reduction in windfall allocations from 200 dpa to 150 dpa as per the tried and tested number set out in the adopted Plan.
Reduction in BFLR allocations by 29 – from 77 to 48
See attachments.