Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 11120
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Rainier Developments Limited
Agent: Marrons Planning
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
There are a number of objections to how the Council has calculated supply over the plan period;
- The UK Central site is unlikely to see any completions for several years post plan adoption. There are substantial infrastructure requirements and these have not been robustly assessed/costed meaning the Plan is not justified.
- No evidence in relation to housing trajectories for the proposed allocations means the figure of 5,270 homes to be delivered by 2036 is not justified.
- No evidence on the delivery of 861 units at the Solihull Town Centre (Site 8).
- The estimated level of windfalls completed over 14 years is not justified.
- In the SHELAA there are Existing Sites and Communal Dwellings where it appears there may be calculation errors.
The Plan will not provide for a five year housing land supply upon adoption. Three years’ worth of windfalls are included within the supply rather than two and there is 350 homes on allocated sites without clear evidence on delivery. Discounting these two sources puts the supply under five years.
The housing supply should be justified with evidence, and assumptions in relation to windfalls should be reviewed and amended.
The housing requirement should be expressed as a minimum figure.
The housing supply should contain a buffer of 10% over the housing requirement.
Policy P5 and the table of allocated sites should be amended to include land west of Rumbush Lane, Tidbury Green.
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please see attached representations on behalf of Rainier Developments Limited in respect of land at Tidbury Green (site 404). We have also submitted these with the corresponding appendices in the email below as a file share. If you have any problems accessing the file share please let me know.
Kind Regards,
Gary Stephens