Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 11119
Received: 09/12/2020
Respondent: BFNAG
Number of people: 120
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The Statement of Common Ground should be published to allow public scrutiny before the plan goes to the Secretary of State. Changing the Green Belt boundaries is contrary to NPPF in the absence of a SOCG showing that SMBC has discussed the potential for some of its need to be accommodated outside the Green Belt elsewhere. The Plan fails to take account of housing and industrial land proposals in Coventry close to the boundary with Solihull. The need for the Balsall Common Relief Road should be reassessed in context of the A46 A45 link road in Coventry.
Reference Solihull MBC Local Plan – publication stage. Guidance Note to Accompany Model Representation Form – Legal Compliance and Duty to Cooperate – paragraph 2.3.
“Non-compliance with the duty to cooperate cannot be rectified after the submission of the plan”.
The plan should not be submitted to the Secretary of State until the SoCG has been negotiated, published and the public have had an opportunity to scrutinize it with a 6 week consultation period.
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