Draft Local Plan Review

No

Representation ID: 6155

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Accessibility Mapping:
Should be corrected to include an assessment of sites 153 & 154, forming part of proposed Site 9, currently omitted from the appraisal.

No

Representation ID: 6156

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Review of evidence:
SHELAA - Ref. 1002 is Category 2, partially within HS2 safeguarded zone, 10-25% in flood zone, less than 10% within LWS. Ref. 1016 is Category 1.
GBA - Combined score of 5-6.
No clear defensible boundary on eastern edge if HS2 not come forward.
Accessibility Study - Score is not true reflection of the whole site.
LCA - general assessment is that area would only be able to accommodate small areas of new development.
Interim SA - scores relatively well except on distance from jobs, impact on heritage assets and over 20ha of good quality agricultural land.

No

Representation ID: 6157

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Review of evidence:
SHELAA - Ref. 75 is only part of Site 2. No assessment been made of eastern section, should be removed from allocation. If no willing landowners not a Category 1 site.
GBA - Combined score of 5. Makes maximum contribution towards GB purpose of safeguarding countryside from encroachment.
Accessibility Study - other than close proximity to primary school site scores poorly.
LCA - general assessment is that area would only be able to accommodate small areas of new development.
Interim SA - scores relatively well except on distance from jobs, proximity to Greenspaces, site is visually prominent.

No

Representation ID: 6158

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Review of evidence:
SHELAA - Ref. 47 and 138. Classed as Category 1 but could be ecological considerations.
GBA - Combined score of 4. Contend should be higher score.
Adverse impact on Grade II* heritage asset, Berkswell Windmill.
Accessibility Study - scores poorly.
LCA - general assessment is that area would only be able to accommodate small areas of new development.
Interim SA - scores relatively well except on distance from jobs, proximity to Greenspaces, site is visually prominent, proximity to noise sources.

No

Representation ID: 6159

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Over-concentration of growth on large sites in the wrong location adjacent to the detached rural village of Balsall Common. Scale of development equals a 39% increase in village population.
Development south of settlement will have a significant and potentially unacceptable adverse impact on the existing community and infrastructure such as the road network and education.
Proposed allocations do not accord with sustainable development principles of the NPPF and therefore unsound.

No

Representation ID: 6160

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Limited available land resource in Solihull Town Centre. Brownfield development dependent on masterplanning.
Concern the scale of housing will jeopardise the ability of the centre to adapt to changing and expanding needs of new and existing businesses, retail and community facilities.
Calls into question the viability, achievability and deliverability.

No

Representation ID: 6161

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Overconcentration of development south of Shirley.
SHELAA - ref. 124 is a Category 2 site. Report observes that housing would result in loss of existing employment land uses on site, which needs to be found acceptable in planning terms. We have found no up-to-date evidence to substantiate this. Estimates capacity as 226 dwellings only.
Unlikely that 400 dwellings can come forward without prejudice to existing uses.

No

Representation ID: 6162

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Existing narrow single point of access off Sharmans Cross Road would be inadequate.
Circa half of site is in regular use as a sport and community facility by the Solihull Arden Club.
Allocation of land in its entirety is contrary to NPPF objectives on community health and well-being.

No

Representation ID: 6163

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Many of the proposed Housing Allocations on non-Green Belt sites in the urban area will result in the loss of existing employment, retail and community use land, sports and recreation facilities and open space. The housing estimates appear over optimistic in some cases and issues of viability remain to be proven.

No

Representation ID: 6164

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Land Balsall Common

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Potential to enlarge proposed urban extension at Site 16 to include land south of Hampton Lane. Could provide a realistic alternative to potential under-delivery of existing SLP sites.
(N.B. Implied this would include SHELAA Sites 16 and 17).