Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14637
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
Housing Land Supply: There are a several issues associated with the identified housing land supply which give rise to concerns that the draft SLP will not be effective in delivering the housing requirements.
No certainty that sites identified in land availability assessments, Brownfield Land Register or Town Centre sites will come forward. Additional flexibility is needed.
Too much reliance on windall.
No evidence to demonstrate that 2,740 dwellings at UKC Hub area can be delivered.
No site-specific trajectories for allocated sites. Assumption underpinning delivery periods are not detailed. Several sites also have complex land ownership issues or dependent on infrastructure, which could impact on timings.
No flexibility / contingency in housing land supply requirement.
Further housing land supply should be identified to provide flexibility to the draft SLP housing requirement. This would serve to provide a contingency in the event of the identified supply not coming forward as anticipated, particularly those which are reliant upon substantial and/or site-specific infrastructure being delivered at the necessary point in time. This should have regard to the levels of flexibility considered appropriate in recent Local Plan examinations.
Further evidence is required to justify the windfall allowance within the housing land supply.
Further detail and evidence is required to justify the housing trajectory overall and site specific trajectories should be provided within the draft SLP.
See attached documents