Draft Local Plan Review

Dear Spatial Planning Team, With regard to the above please note our response as below:

Thank you for your recent letter in respect of the Solihull Local Plan Review - Draft Local Plan Consultation.

We wish the following to be recorded as our response to this consultation as a stakeholder and occupier of potentially affected premises and land referred to within this plan (18 - Sharman's Cross Road, Solihull).

At this point in time we recognise that the plan in question refers to the whole site, part of which our clubs premises and its sporting facilities/grounds occupy. However at this present time, we wish it to be known that we have made no commitment whatsoever to such development plans and fully reserve our rights regarding the land and premises which we own and occupy. As such we reserve our rights to comment / respond to plans in due course.

However we wish to clarify further that we do have specific criteria which are essential for us to be included or complied with in order for us to proceed further or offer cooperation regarding future whole site developments. These are as follows:


-Tenure of the land occupied by the club comparable to existing arrangements i.e. Freehold
-Beneficial improvements to the structure and buildings of the clubhouse and its associated playing and fitness facilities.
-Ease of access into and out of the site.
-Significant improvement regarding car parking arrangements.
-Significant improvement to the club's potential for future sustainability.

Once the consultation period is concluded and any potential plans for development of the site are clearer and/or more detailed we will then review our position at that time in the light of the plans and their possible impact upon Solihull Arden Club and its members.

Solihull Local Plan Review - Draft Local Plan Consultation
With regard to the above please note our second response as below. This follows our previous response to you dated 6th January 2017 and our discussion on 7th February with Mr Mike Swallow:

We wish the following to be recorded as our response to this consultation as a stakeholder and occupier of potentially affected premises and land referred to within this plan (18 - Sharman's Cross Road, Solihull).

As stated in our earlier correspondence, at this point in time we recognise that the plan in question refers to the whole site, part of which our clubs premises and its sporting facilities/grounds occupy. However at this present time, we wish it to be known that we have made no commitment whatsoever to such development plans and fully reserve our rights regarding the land and premises which we own and occupy. As such we reserve our rights to comment / respond to plans in due course.

However we wish to clarify further that we do have specific criteria which are essential for us to be included or complied with in order for us to proceed further or offer cooperation regarding future whole site developments. These are as follows:


* Tenure of the land occupied by the club comparable to existing arrangements i.e. Freehold
* Beneficial improvements to the structure and buildings of the clubhouse and its associated playing and fitness facilities.
* Ease of access into and out of the site.
* Significant improvement regarding car parking arrangements.
* Significant improvement to the club's potential for future sustainability.

Once the consultation period is concluded and any potential plans for development of the site are clearer and/or more detailed we will then review our position at that time in the light of the criteria above being met together with associated detailed plans and their possible impact upon Solihull Arden Club and its members.