Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14873
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Berkswell Road
Agent: Pegasus Group
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Solihull has offered up a figure of around 2,000 homes but has provided no links to the evidence nor any rationale behind this offer.
This is welcomed as a starting point, but as the attached Paper (Pegasus Group Housing and Economic Growth Paper Appendix 2) demonstrates, the figure should be far higher than this, with at least 11,500 additional homes being provided for to address the shortfall.
Statements of Common Ground should be readily available showing that partner authorities are in agreement with any approach being undertaken. The apparent lack of these at this present time is a major issue and implies that there is no agreement. The approach taken by Solihull also appears to contradict the approach taken by other LPAs within the HMA who have advanced local plan reviews
Land at Berkswell Road, Meriden should be considered as a reasonable alternative
to delivering increased growth though a new settlement, as part of a
comprehensive programme of exploring a range of additional, smaller sites which
would be deliverable during the plan period.
LAND AT BERKSWELL ROAD, MERIDEN see attached documents