Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14494
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Catesby Estates Limited
Agent: Terence O'Rourke
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The identification of housing need greater than the Standard Methodology minimum in Policy P5 is supported in principle, but given the need to significantly boost housing, economic growth at the UKC Hub and the housing market area need growth significantly exceeded past trends is required. There is overreliance on large complex sites with significant infrastructure needs, many in close proximity, a high windfall rate with significant Green Belt and little brownfield land, and significant growth at the UKC Hub and town centres.
Policy does not allow for contingency or flexibility so SMBC should identify reserve housing sites
for release if monitoring indicates that they are required for 5 year land supply or shortfall outside the Borough
Plan should identify additional reserve housing sites and the mechanisms for their release, should they be
required, through an appropriately worded additional policy.
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