Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14751
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Mr Ian Williams
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Concept Masterplans - Their status of as part of the Local Plan needs to be confirmed as it is presently unclear. All important development principles should be a matter of policy, not relegated to being consistent with concept masterplans. The concept masterplans are central to the delivery of housing development and each allocated housing sites has a concept masterplan. The development of some 5,270 dwellings is dependent upon their provisions. As such, it is important that their contribution in meeting the Borough’s housing requirement is recognised in the policy; also, for local communities to be confident that what is shown in the concept masterplans is broadly what will be delivered and will not be subject to material change.
Policy P5 - additional paragraph (Para 7)
Concept Masterplans
7. Development on allocated housing sites shall be carried out in accordance with the related concept masterplan and the principles set out in the housing allocation policies. The content shall be as prescribed in the Local Plan (Insert location of Concept Masterplans)
Para 242 - addition to text:
242 - The Council has prepared a concept masterplan for each site to ensure confidence on capacity and deliverability. These form part of the Local Plan and are to be found in X.8 Concept masterplans include details on:
See attachments.