Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14634
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Heyford Developments Ltd (Dorridge Site)
Agent: Barton Willmore
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Policy P5 is unsound in respect of the housing requirement identified.
Imperative that sufficient homes are provided to support the envisaged economic growth. The HEDNA should test an additional UK Central Hub growth scenario (22,998 jobs) to determine how many homes might be required in Solihull if all jobs are filled by residents of Solihull.
No justification for the HMA contribution and no agreement with other Local Authorities. Birmingham shortfall is significantly higher than position statement suggests.
Housing requirement should be increased to a minimum of 18,500 dwellings to reflect the outcomes of additional, realistic economic uplift scenarios and to help meet HMA shortfall to 2031. Acute affordability issue need to be addressed, so the recommended local housing need of 816 dwellings per annum within the HEDNA should also be increased.
Question whether the true capacity for further growth has been fully realised.
The draft SLP housing requirement is not currently justified and should be increased to a minimum of 18,500 dwellings to reflect the outcomes of additional, realistic economic uplift scenarios to meet the envisaged jobs growth at UK Central Hub, tested via our review of the evidence base (HEDNA).
The draft SLP housing requirement should be increased to provide more headroom to help meet GBHMA housing shortfall needs up to and beyond 2031.
More needs to be done to address the acute affordability issue and so the recommended local housing need of 816 dwellings per annum within the HEDNA should also be increased to maximise the contribution towards meeting this need.
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