Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 15030
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Kier Living Ltd - Coleshill Road
Agent: Mr Hywel James
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Birmingham City unmet housing need:
- Birmingham Development Plan has shortfall of 37,900 dwellings, and 20,440 shortfall against current SM.
- Para. 227 of DSP acknowledges Birmingham HMA shortfall and contribution of 2,105 dwellings.
- Not considered proportionate given functional relationship between Birmingham and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council: shared boundary, good public transport and road connectivity.
- 2011 Census data demonstrates 887 net people migrated from Birmingham to Solihull between 2001 and 2011, 28% of Birmingham’s net migration.
- DSP should seek to accommodate 28% of HMA’s unmet need, not just 2,105.
- Disproportionate accommodation of unmet needs is contrary to NPPF Para. 35(a)
- Solihull clearly most sustainably located authority in the HMA
- Contrary to NPPF Para. 60 and 136.
- The housing requirement should be increased to accommodate an appropriate proportion of
Birmingham City’s unmet needs;
- Additional land, such as the CFS 193, should be released from the Green Belt and identified as
housing allocations (or at the very least reserve sites) to ensure that the Emerging Plan’s
minimum housing need can be met across the Emerging Plan period.
See attached letter