Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14267
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land North of Balsall Street, Balsall Common
Agent: Avison Young
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The Balsall Common chapter of Plan is not considered justified or effective. Land North of Balsall Street (Site 233) should be allocated as performs less well than wider parcel in Green Belt Assessment. Sustainability Appraisal is opposed as site is smaller than AECOM76 and scoring for factors 4a Soils, 10 Landscape and 11 Greenspace should be re-assessed. Performs better in SA than allocated sites, other than Site BC2 Frog Lane. Site has lower impact of Green Belt than others to east, not reliant on by-pass or affected by HS2
Removal of land at North of Balsall Street (Site 233) from the Green Belt and its allocation for housing (up to 287 dwellings).
Inclusion of an additional site specific allocation in Balsall Common chapter (consistent with its inclusion in the Summary Table of Residential Allocations at page 65). ‘Policy BC7 – Land to the North of Balsall Street’ with the site allocated for housing in accordance with the proposed Development Framework and subsequent Green Belt boundary submitted with these representations.
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