Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 11118
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Messrs G&A Coombs
Agent: Claremont Planning Consultancy
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Inappropriate to require a range of accommodation types and sizes to be provided within all developments. This is not feasible on many sites, where site size or constraints mean that only one model of care accommodation is possible to be provided.
Where operators are intending to provide Primary Care services within the development, this should be taken into account when requiring Primary Health Care services to be accessible to serve residents.
Policy will not secure an appropriate level of specialist accommodation across the plan period. HEDNA figures do not consider losses, closure and redevelopment accommodation.
It is suggested that clause 1 should be deleted, or otherwise modified in order to acknowledge that provision of a range of housing types may not always be feasible.
Within Clause 6 and 7 of the policy relating to specialist housing and care homes respectively, references to access to Primary Health Care services sub-clauses should be modified to recognise the potential for on-site provision.
6 (ii) It can be demonstrated that satisfactory Primary Health Care services will be accessible to serve the residents of the development unless on-site provision is proposed;
7 (iii) There are satisfactory Primary Health Care services to serve the residents of the development within reasonable proximity unless on-site provision is proposed;
See attached documents