Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 11230
Received: 14/01/2021
Respondent: Eastcote Land Limited
Agent: Avison Young
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The plan, as drafted, will not deliver extra care facilities in accordance with the Council’s aspirations. It fails to comply with test c) (effectiveness) of para 45 of the NPPF.
The emerging local plan includes a general “catch all” policy on the provision of care accommodation on sites delivering over 300 dwellings. It also suggests that some sites could be suitable for care uses.
However, in the absence of any sites that are allocated for C2 / extra care only, landowners / developers will always have to consider the land value generated by C3 housing (including the provision of affordable / social housing) and the land value generated by care development.
The plan should include proposed allocations for sites in C2, extra care use only, including Eastcote Park, Barston Lane.
See Reps form and full representation.
Eastcote Land is concerned that the approach to the delivery of care needs will not achieve the Council’s targets for the provision of specialist accommodation or the best outcomes for the occupiers of such accommodation