Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14454
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Rosconn Strategic Land
Agent: DS Planning
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The DSP plan fails to set out the current or future need for specialist housing for older people, in the form of either care beds or extra care units required.
Whilst policy P4E requires sites of over 300 units to provide specialist housing or care bed spaces in accordance with the Council’s most up to date statement of need on older persons accommodation, there is no mechanism for delivery.
Depending on larger sites to deliver specialist housing for the elderly will not address the current need and is likely to only exacerbate the need going forward.
Rosconn support providing a choice of housing for all, however consider delivery of housing for the elderly is a specialist area.
The Council should ensure that suitable sites are allocated to meet such need across a wide choice of appropriate locations rather than relying on larger sites to provide a mix that includes such provision. These additional sites should be in addition to the allocations and numbers already identified within the DSP.
See attached form and written representations