Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 13715
Received: 10/12/2020
Respondent: Barwood Development Securities Ltd
Agent: stantec
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
P4C. The mix of market housing at any given site must take account of evidence of local needs and market demand. Whilst criterion 1 of Policy P4C suggests that there is some flexibility for housing mix depending on site specific circumstances, criterion 3 seeks to fix a very specific housing mix, using the terminology “shall be provided”.
Ultimately, housing needs vary between areas of the borough and may change over the plan period. Matters in relation to the most appropriate market housing mix for a site can be considered and assessed by the LPA at the decision-making stage once a planning application for development has been submitted.
To provide flexibility and enable the mix of market housing to reflect local needs and market signals, and therefore for the policy to be sound, criterion 3 should be removed or reworded as follows: “The precise mix of market dwellings should take into account local requirements and take account of site-specific circumstances”.
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