Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Object

Representation ID: 14218

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Local Plan Overall Approach Topic Paper does not contain Statements of Common Ground or information on any agreement reached with partner local authorities or key stakeholders.

Solihull has offered 2,000 homes to the wider HMA but has provided no evidence. The figure should be at least 11,500 additional homes.

There is no evidence to show that the Area of Search for South of Birmingham Airport/NEC (Site 21), to be taken forward for future assessment as a New Settlement, is being explored and progressed. Reasonable alternatives must be explored otherwise unsustainable patterns of growth will be created.

Object

Representation ID: 14220

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

There needs to be a commitment in Policy P1 to quantifying the amount of residential development to be delivered by the hub.

Object

Representation ID: 14221

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Further flexibility should be built in Policy P4A to account for any further changes which the Government may make (for example in relation to ‘first homes’). The sheer scale of the affordable housing need highlights Solihull needing to deliver additional housing over what’s currently proposed.

Support

Representation ID: 14222

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

Policy P4B is supported, however the need is much higher than that currently being planned for which will place more pressure upon local communities to allow exceptions sites.

Support

Representation ID: 14223

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

The principle of the Policy P4C is supported, however this needs to be considered in the context of a greatly increased housing requirement over the plan period.

Object

Representation ID: 14224

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Considering all the other policy demands, delivery of housing schemes could be compromised by the Self and Custom Housebuilding requirement (Policy P4D). The flexibility provided within the policy, which enables case by case assessment, would only be workable if allowed at planning application stage which is generally discouraged. Evidence on how the matter has been considered in detail and other options should be demonstrated.

Support

Representation ID: 14225

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

The flexibility in the Policy P4E is welcomed in principle however the current system generally discourages debate on viability at the decision-taking stage. Further justification is required.

Object

Representation ID: 14227

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The quantum of growth proposed is simply not sufficient to address the shortfall in the wider HMA. There should be a minimum of 11,500 additional homes to address the unmet need across the HMA.

Policy P5 falls short of committing to the delivery of 2,105 dwellings to meet needs arising within the wider HMA which is not consistent with national policy or to satisfy the duty-to-cooperate.

20% more housing land should be allocated than that required to deliver the housing requirement to provide the necessary flexibility.

The 5- year housing land supply calculation should be recalculated based on a housing requirement incorporating any cross-boundary commitment.

Further evidence is necessary to justify the proposed stepped trajectory.

Object

Representation ID: 14228

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The inclusion of a windfall allowance of 200 units per annum in respect of supply is not supported. The Local Plan should allocate sufficient land to meet the requirement without any reliance on windfalls. There is overreliance on windfall sites with overly optimistic completions rates for the larger allocated sites. The average windfall supply in the past cannot be accurately projected forward as plan-led opportunities for development were diminished due to the plan for Solihull being out of date.

Object

Representation ID: 14229

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: L&Q Estates - Land at Bickenhill Road, Marston Green

Agent: Pegasus Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

There does not appear to be any evidence to justify a blanket introduction of nationally described space standards which is contrary to national guidance.