Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 13948
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Mrs M Joyce
Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The number of new dwellings proposed in Solihull Town Centre is not achievable. The Council are relying on outdated historic figures from the 2016 draft Solihull Town Centre Masterplan.
The ‘Areas of Change’ set out in the 2020 Solihull Town Centre Masterplan covers a physically smaller area than the 2016 draft. However the proposed housing numbers are largely maintained, which will result in an increased density of development which is unlikely to be acceptable.
The Plan only sets out the total number of dwellings to be delivered within the town centre as a whole. Policy P5 should identify specific sites.
No detailed work on concept masterplans for the proposed development sites in Solihull Town Centre has been undertaken, implying it does not have the same level of confidence as the ‘Allocated Sites’.
No accurate capacity testing has been undertaken with inconsistencies to the 2019 Brownfield Land Register.
The proposed provision of largely apartments in Solihull Town Centre would seem unrealistic, in light of the clear need for family housing in the Borough.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I submitted these representations yesterday and have just notice that my email gave the wrong client name and so to clarify this particular set of representations are submitted on behalf of our Client Mrs M Joyce (our Ref 10444) in respect of the Draft Submission Solihull Local Plan currently out to consultation.
We should be grateful if you would confirm receipt of these representations and confirm that they will be submitted for consideration by the Local Plan Examination Inspector.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Glenda