Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Object

Representation ID: 14684

Received: 10/12/2020

Respondent: South Staffordshire Council

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Paragraph 228

Reiterate concerns previously expressed about the scale of the contribution being proposed by SMBC towards meeting the housing shortfall identified in the GBHMA. It is considered that continuing with this approach risks the plan failing in meeting statutory requirements. Specifically, South Staffordshire considers that the post 2031 shortfall should be considered as part of this present Local Plan review rather than being deferred.
Concern that SMBC’s approach to utilising Green Belt may not be broadly consistent with that taken by other authorities in the HMA. Specifically of classifying ‘moderately performing’ GB land as unlikely to be allocated. This is in contrast to BC approach that otherwise sustainable sites should only be automatically excluded from site selection on Green Belt/Landscape grounds if they were in both ‘Very High harm’ Green Belt land and ‘Moderate-High sensitivity’ landscape areas.
Should the examination of Solihull’s approach suggest that other deliverable land is available within the Borough, we would strongly encourage this being brought forward in order to avoid the deferral of the GBHMAs post 2031 shortfall.