Object

Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Representation ID: 14579

Received: 11/02/2021

Respondent: Kendrick Homes Ltd

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

site 49
Whilst our Client supports the proposed removal of Site No. 49 (Land adjacent 84 School Road, Hockley Heath) from the Green Belt and the proposed settlement boundary amendment at Hockley Heath (as shown on the Policies Map), our Client specifically objects to Paragraph 671 as currently worded and we make the case that the site 49 (Land adjacent 84 School Road, Hockley Heath) should be formally allocated for housing development or at the very least the current uncertainty that the wording of paragraph 671 should be amended.
The land is available now, offers a suitable location for development now, and has a realistic prospect that housing will be delivered on the site within five years.
Paragraph 674 of the SLP accepts the case for the existing ribbon of development on the north side of School Road, which is without any significant gaps warrants removal from the Green Belt, which would include our Client’s site.

Change suggested by respondent:

Paragraphs 671 should be amended as detailed below:

‘In addition to the site south of School Road that would then fall within the settlement boundary, if the Green Belt boundary were amended as described above, there are also two smaller sites that will be considered appropriate for development as they would then also be within the settlement boundary. These sites are not being allocated as part of this plan but are being highlighted as they have been promoted for development by the landowner/developer and if the Green Belt boundary is changed as proposed on the Policies Map they would no longer be subject to Green Belt policy. The details of the scale of development would be established through the planning application process. These are as follows (using the call for site references and the SHELAA for potential indicative capacity):

49 Land adjacent to 84 School Road (capacity 21)

328 land at and to the rear of 84, 86 & 90 School Road (capacity 30)

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