Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 13899
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: IM Land - Land at Jacobean Lane, Knowle
Agent: Barton Willmore Planning
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Requiring all sites of over 100 houses to provide 5% of open market dwellings in the form of self-build plots is unreasonable and unjustified when considering data from the 2020 AMR. This is far in excess of the need shown and the Council should consider providing specific site/allocations to meet this need, in line with Paragraph 61 of the NPPF.
The provision of such plots on strategic -size housing sites is likely not what those on the register are seeking, meaning they are left empty which could delay the delivery of housing.
This policy should be deleted, and SMBC should either allocate specific provision of this need, or offer general support for this type of housing but not set specific thresholds.
Deletion of specific policy requirement and replacement with specific allocations or general support for self-build sites.
See attachments. LAND AT JACOBEAN LANE, KNOWLE