Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Comment

Representation ID: 8824

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Rainier Developments Ltd - Land West of Stratford Road

Agent: Barton Willmore Planning

Raise no issue with the amended Green Belt boundary, but we use this to highlight the similar justification for the removal of SHELAA Site 417 from the Green Belt given the potential creation of strong, defensible boundaries and the poor contribution it makes to the purposes of the Green Belt.

Comment

Representation ID: 8825

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Rainier Developments Ltd - Land West of Stratford Road

Agent: Barton Willmore Planning

No objection, but question whether 100 dwellings are Class C2 or Class C3 (as site being promoted by McCarthy and Stone).
If accommodation is C2, what contribution does this make towards meeting the
Council's overall housing requirement and what contribution, if any, it will make the overall affordable housing requirement?

Comment

Representation ID: 8826

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Rainier Developments Ltd - Land West of Stratford Road

Agent: Barton Willmore Planning

The proposals will provide opportunity to link into the wider movement network and nearby public rights of way to encourage accessibility beyond the village into the surrounding countryside.
As mentioned, we consider SHELAA Site 417 suitable for the provision of sports pitches. Provision of playing pitches to the north or west of the site would assist in the transition between the development and the countryside and would maximise the gap between the village and Blythe Valley and Cheswick Green.

Comment

Representation ID: 8827

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Rainier Developments Ltd - Land West of Stratford Road

Agent: Barton Willmore Planning

Inconsistencies in the way that the amber sites have been assessed, e.g. sites 49
and 328 were assessed as amber within the Appendix D to the report to 17th January 2019 Cabinet meeting, which authorised the consultation document; however, the Site Assessment document itself now concludes that these sites are 'green'. This should be clarified.

Comment

Representation ID: 8828

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Rainier Developments Ltd - Land West of Stratford Road

Agent: Barton Willmore Planning

Consider our Client's site (SHELAA Ref. 417) should be included as a 'green' site:
- Site should score similarly to land adj. to 84 School Road
- Green Belt gap not too narrow
- Landscape buffer can be added to site
- Site has capacity to provide land for community infrastructure such as primary school, sports pitches, GP surgery
- Hockley Heath should be placed higher in the spatial strategy hierarchy of settlements, as a sustainable location with services and regular bus service to Dorridge & Solihull.
- Site is suitable, achievable and available now.

Comment

Representation ID: 8829

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Rainier Developments Ltd - Land West of Stratford Road

Agent: Barton Willmore Planning

No. This approach would cause uncertainty for developers and the Council and is not likely to work in practice. It would not be clear how much affordable housing will be delivered through the draft Plan. If the Council allocate sufficient sites which have proportionate evidence regarding their viability and deliverability, this would be the best way of addressing the delivery of much-needed affordable housing.

Comment

Representation ID: 8834

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Rainier Developments Ltd - Land West of Stratford Road

Agent: Barton Willmore Planning

Whilst we agree with the spatial approach to development in Balsall Common, we would query whether there is evidence on the deliverability of some sites, such as Site 1.
Evidence is required to demonstrate delivery and a housing trajectory will be crucial in the Regulation 19 Plan. Sites with less land assembly issues that are available for development now (such as our Client's) are much more deliverable in the early years of the Plan.