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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Representation ID: 14665

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: IM Land - North of Main Road, Meriden

Agent: Stansgate Planning LLP

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

The policy is neither justified or effective as the Local Plan is over reliant on the housing numbers that can be delivered from UK Central Hub Area in the plan period. It is unclear what part is being referred to as part of UKC.
It has been assumed that across the whole UKC Solihull Hub Area there will be 2,740 dwellings coming forward in the plan period split 2,240 at the NEC and 500
at Arden Cross. It is unclear why North Solihull, the Town Centre and Blythe Valley are not included as they are also stated to be UKC. Furthermore, elsewhere in the DSLP completions of 2,500 are stated, not 2,740 which needs clarification. Further evidence is needed to justify the delivery timescale and the trajectory for the housing numbers. The number of houses to be completed in the plan period from NEC and Arden Cross is too high. Even if the necessary road and social infrastructure is available to allow housing completions
from 2026, this assumes a high completion rate of 274 houses per annum. The nature of the developments being largely apartment based means it is more likely, the whole amount will be delivered on block at the end of the plan period leaving a shortfall early on.This could leave a significant shortfall in delivery to meet OAN and housing delivery in the first 5 years of the Local Plan period. Therefore, to add flexibility to the plan, the number of completion at UKC Hub should be reduced and a smaller scale allocation north of Main Road Meriden should be added to compensate for
this overreliance on large sites dependent on significant infrastructure and to ensure housing need is met as set out above through the plan period.

Change suggested by respondent:

The plan should be modified reducing the number of completions expected in the plan period.
Instead the plan should allocate additional smaller sites such as land north of Main Road, Meriden to bring flexibility to ensure the housing need for the Borough is met in the plan period.

Full text:

See attached Land North of Main Road, Meriden

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