Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14171
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Hampton Road Developments Ltd
Agent: Savills
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Not clear whether the Council intend to bring a 10% “net gain” in biodiversity requirement ahead of the Environment Bill being passed, which would not be justified unless it can demonstrate evidence of this requirement being evidence based.
Support reference to Natural England standing advice in relation to ancient woodland and veteran trees.
In point 16 i, clarification of what tranquillity is, and how the impact on tranquillity will be measured. We are unsure how this will be assessed as part of a planning application. Without this evidence we do not consider the policy as written to be justified or effective.
The requirement for a biodiversity net gain of 10% should be removed from this policy and any requirements left to SPD once the Environment Bill is passed and secondary legislation has been brought in.
See attached documents.