Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 15048
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Barratt David Wilson - Arden Green
Agent: Barton Willmore Planning
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Policy P17 (Bullet Point 1):
- Council seeks to safeguard best and most versatile agricultural land (BMVAL), unless there is an overriding need for development that outweighs the loss.
- BMVAL is referenced in NPPF Para. 170 (b) in relation to natural capital and ecosystem services in the countryside.
- We consider reference to BMVAL in Green Belt policy conflates separate issues of natural environment and Green Belt.
- Consider planning policies are required in NPPF to contribute to and enhance natural and local environment by recognising economic and other benefits from BMVAL, the test is not to safeguard BMVAL.
- As such point should be deleted.
Policy P17 (Bullet Point 1):
Deletion of point 1
See attachments.ARDEN GREEN – BARRATT DAVID WILSON