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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy P4E – Meeting Housing Needs - Housing for Older and Disabled People
Representation ID: 11019
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Knight Frank
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Policy P4E relates to meeting housing needs for older and disabled people. As currently drafted, the policy does not meet the tests of being positively prepared, justified, effective or in accordance with national policy, as it will fail to meet the housing needs for older and disabled people.
The Plan should allocate specific sites for the housing of older people across all tenures, thereby enabling provision that cannot be achieved through open market competition for sites. This would provide
additional flexibility in policy that responds to the difficulty these schemes face in competing with conventional, policy compliant sites.
See attachment dated 9 November 2020
Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Knowle, Dorridge & Bentley Heath
Representation ID: 11020
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Knight Frank
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Plan to provide additional site allocations solely to assist with meeting identified housing needs for older and disabled people. This could be achieved through additional settlement-based allocation policies.
Site in the Local Plan evidence base under site references 29 (‘The Orchard, Earlswood Road’) and site 210 (‘Land between 79 and 39 Earlswood Road) to be allocated as a Delivery Period 1 site.
Proposed Policy Modification
Policy KN3: Land at and adjacent to No.79 Earlswood Road, Dorridge
1. The site is allocated to provide up to 75* or 160** units of specialist accommodation for older people. (* Using land at SHELAA site 210 as per Appendix 2 & 3
** Using land at SHELAA sites 29 and 210 as per Appendix 1)
2. Development should incorporate the following:
i. Vehicular and pedestrian site access from Earlswood Road.
ii. Retained/enhanced areas of species rich grassland as part of Local Wildlife Site;
iii. Biodiversity off-setting/compensation for any loss of grassland.
iv. Retained/enhanced planting and landscaping around site perimeter;
v. Existing Public Right of Way running through the site retained;
3. Infrastructure requirements should include:
i. Provision of suitable pedestrian and vehicular access from Earlswood Road;
ii. Appropriate measures to promote and enhance sustainable modes of transport.
4. Green Belt enhancements should include:
i. Tree and hedgerow planting;
ii. Improved landscaping;
iii. On site green and blue infrastructure;
iv. Access improvements to the green belt beyond the site boundary;
v. Biodiversity enhancements;
vi. Any other compensatory improvements that considered acceptable.
See attachment dated 9 November 2020
Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy P4E – Meeting Housing Needs - Housing for Older and Disabled People
Representation ID: 11213
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Knight Frank
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Policy P4E makes no reference to needs figures in the HEDNA or specific targets, nor is there any evidence provided to demonstrate the policy will provide a strategy which, as a minimum, will meet the identified needs for specialist older persons housing within the plan period. The plan therefore does not address specific housing requirements in accordance with para.56 of the NPPF.
See attachment dated 9 November 2020
Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy P4E – Meeting Housing Needs - Housing for Older and Disabled People
Representation ID: 11214
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: Knight Frank
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
It is unclear how the strategy of providing specialist housing for older people on larger residential sites has been selected, justified, or whether is more appropriate than reasonable alternatives such as making specific allocations for specialist housing for older people.
See attachment dated 9 November 2020
