Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 9159

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

No exceptional circumstances to justify the Council using an alternative approach to the Government's standard methodology.
This figure is only the minimum starting point. Any ambitions to support economic growth, to deliver affordable housing and to meet unmet housing needs from elsewhere are additional to the local housing need figure.
No clear justification for 2,000 dwellings as the chosen figure for Solihull's contribution to the HMA shortfall. The HBF will submit representations on the proposed overall housing requirement figure in response to the pre-submission Local Plan consultation.

Comment

Representation ID: 9160

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

The HBF do not comment on the merits or otherwise of individual sites selected for allocation. The Council should also provide maximum flexibility within its overall housing land supply to respond to changing circumstances, to treat the housing requirement as a minimum rather than a maximum and to provide choice and competition in the land market.

Comment

Representation ID: 9161

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

The Council is attempting to deal with identified issues associated with market housing mix including more smaller market dwellings, increasing housing densities on all sites and minimising release of Green Belt land via an alternative approach to affordable housing contributions. These matters are separate and should not be co-joined.

Object

Representation ID: 9162

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

The calculation of affordable housing contributions on bedroom numbers, habitable rooms or habitable square meterage are not considered an effective approach.

Object

Representation ID: 9163

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

It is an inappropriate approach irrespective of the way used to measure developable space.

Comment

Representation ID: 9164

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

All households should have access to different types of dwellings to meet their housing needs.

Comment

Representation ID: 10554

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

The status of Cheswick Green, Millison's Wood, Tidbury Green, Whitlock's End and Widney Manor Road should be determined in accordance with the 2019 NPPF (para 139).

Comment

Representation ID: 10555

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

The washed over Green Belt status of Barston, Chadwick End, Berkswell and Bickenhill should be determined in accordance with the 2019 NPPF (para 139).

Comment

Representation ID: 10556

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

Any review of other areas of the Borough washed over by Green Belt should be undertaken in accordance with 2019 NPPF (para 139).

Comment

Representation ID: 10557

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: The Home Builders Federation Midland Region

Any compensatory provision made for land removed from the Green Belt should be determined in accordance with the 2019 NPPF (para 137).