Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14874
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
The explanatory text to the policy suggests a somewhat confused situation in relation to the delivery of residential development. Paragraph 85 advises that the Hub Framework Plan (2018) could provide ‘up to 4,000 homes’ to 2047 ‘with about 1,000 delivered by 2033’, but that the Urban Growth Company in its Hub Growth and Infrastructure Vision (2019) estimates ‘up to 5,000 new homes’.
However, these figures are only included in the supporting text. There needs to be a commitment in policy to quantifying the amount of residential development to be delivered by the hub, and specific referencing to the detail as to where this should go to ensure that the plan’s deliverability is clearly evidenced, and to provide certainty in terms of the context and justification for the need to deliver additional land for housing.
It is recommended that the policy is amended to specify the quantum of growth which the hub will deliver over the plan period.
It is recommended that the policy is linked to clear plans showing where the residential growth will be delivered within the hub boundaries in order to show deliverability
LAND AT BERKSWELL ROAD, MERIDEN see attached documents