Comment
Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation
Representation ID: 9989
Received: 15/03/2019
Respondent: Stonewater
Agent: DS Planning
Basic elements of the Methodology acceptable and workable. Other elements are flawed and over complicated.
Non-compliant with Government policy on strong defensible Green Belt boundaries. No reference to creating boundaries in NPPF.
Lack of consistency, particularly when comparing sites in the same location.
Site assessments incomplete in some instances.
Flawed judgements or lack of sound reasons why some sites allocated/rejected /de-allocated.
No advantage in creating yellow, blue and subsequently amber sites. This is unnecessary and adds to confusion and complexity. Delete this element of the methodology and either allocate the amber sites or reject them as proposed allocations.
This is the response of Stonewater to the supplementary consultation by Solihull
Council on the Solihull Draft Local Plan January 2019. The purpose of the response is
to comment the draft Plan and promote the site at the Firs Maxstoke Lane (west of
Meriden proposed allocation site 10) for inclusion as a housing allocation within the
Plan. The response is by question order.
The original response to the Solihull Draft Local Plan 2016 consultation is also
attached which highlights the reasons why the site should be an allocation within the
Local Plan (Site Ref 137).
see detailed comment in attached letter