Draft Local Plan Review

No

Representation ID: 5589

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Arden Cross Consortium

Agent: Turley

Insufficient attention to necessary infrastructure provision and enhancements within the Borough to facilitate the scale of development being planned for by the Council. This represents a deficiency in Plan and its evidence base.
There are many related and complementary transport strategy documents and plans that are relevant to the LPR in terms of infrastructure projects.
Given the scale of planned investment in major transport infrastructure improvements and other planned interventions, it is concerning that the Draft LPR and its evidence base gives limited attention to the subject of infrastructure investment or its benefits for releasing major growth within the Borough.

Yes

Representation ID: 5590

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Arden Cross Consortium

Agent: Turley

Support the principles of Policy P7 and P8. However, in terms of the evidence base, there is concern that the sustainability of the Arden Cross location has not been appropriately assessed.

Yes

Representation ID: 5591

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Arden Cross Consortium

Agent: Turley

Support the principles of Policy P9 and state that the Arden Cross proposals will make a significant contribution to this policy. However, concerns over the expectation that new development and specifically the UKC Hub area should develop and contribute to the development of heat networks within the Borough. This statement appears to have been generated in the absence of any Local Plan evidence to confirm the viability of such networks. The Heat Network delivery Unit Report is not specific to Solihull. Policy P9 should be amended to include a viability element.

No

Representation ID: 5592

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Arden Cross Consortium

Agent: Turley

Support the aims of Policy P15.
Object to paragraph 343 of the Plan which conflicts with the Vision and Spatial Strategy. These should be revisited to ensure suitable recognition that there will be necessary alterations to existing Green Belt boundaries within the Borough on the basis of identified exceptional circumstances
Support paragraph 349 of the Plan.

No

Representation ID: 5593

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Arden Cross Consortium

Agent: Turley

Policy P21 does not comprehensively set out how infrastructure provision and developer contributions will be sought.
The Infrastructure Delivery Plan is a critical part of the necessary supporting evidence base for the LPR. It must therefore be robustly updated ahead of the Pre-Submission stage consultation. This could require an 'overhaul' of the Council's previous approach to producing their IDP given the scale of new infrastructure investment in the Borough that will be necessary to deliver the scale of planned growth.

No

Representation ID: 5594

Received: 17/02/2017

Respondent: Arden Cross Consortium

Agent: Turley

The Employment Land Review and Strategic Housing Market Assessment suffer from the lack of any substantive assessment of the implications of supergrowth for the purpose of evidence to support the current LPR.
The Accessibility Mapping Report has not undertaken a correct assessment of Site 19. A reappraisal using available information is required.
Disagree with some of the Sustainability Appraisal scores. The sustainability benefits of Site 19 are not recognised. Comments on the sustainability appraisal should be reflected in the next iteration of the document.