Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Object

Representation ID: 10641

Received: 09/11/2020

Respondent: Hampton-in-Arden Parish Council and Catherine-de-Barnes Residents' Association

Number of people: 153

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Site HA2 is allocated for 95 dwellings, but is also recognised as suitable for ‘Housing for Older and Disabled People’ (Policy 4e use).
However, the SHLAA Site Assessments September 2012, concluded that the site was unsuitable for family housing, mainly because of poor accessibility to schools.
The site remains unsuitable for family housing as no new schools have been provided locally, no footpaths provided to improve pedestrian access and no new infrastructure exists. The site is poorly served by public transport. A self -contained facility, such as a care home/village, could be accommodated without significantly impacting on local facilities.

Object

Representation ID: 10643

Received: 09/11/2020

Respondent: Hampton-in-Arden Parish Council and Catherine-de-Barnes Residents' Association

Number of people: 153

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Site SO1 (formerly site 16) should be deleted because:-
1) It cannot be reconciled with the previous position that the site (or components thereof) would impact on the openness of the green belt and threaten coalescence between settlements.
2) The development fails to meet the objective referred to in Challenge E ‘Protecting key gaps between urban areas and settlements’
3) Current infrastructure does not support a development of this size, and current development plans for land on Damson Parkway in particular, will result
in significant traffic issues which have not been truly taken into account.
4) Lack of evidence of a Traffic Impact Assessment for the Plan period and specifically for site SO1.
5) Contradicts para 430 of the Plan to take account of the setting and special character in considering development proposal.
If not deleted, any development north of Lugtrout Lane should be ribbon development, with the site capacity substantially reduced to minimise impact on rural character.
The site is within Hampton-in-Arden Parish and should be included in the Hampton-in-Arden settlement chapter.

Object

Representation ID: 10644

Received: 09/11/2020

Respondent: Hampton-in-Arden Parish Council and Catherine-de-Barnes Residents' Association

Number of people: 153

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Para 224 indicates that that some of the larger sites will not make a significant contribution to completions until mid-delivery phase. There is no evidence to support this statement. All but one of the larger sites (BC1), consisting of over 300 dwellings, are to start in the 1st Phase and due to be delivered during periods I and II; there is no evidence of the scheduling of delivery through this period. 83% of the larger sites are due to commence delivery in period 1 and completion in
phase 2. No discussions have been held
to discuss the phasing of development.

Object

Representation ID: 10645

Received: 09/11/2020

Respondent: Hampton-in-Arden Parish Council and Catherine-de-Barnes Residents' Association

Number of people: 153

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The planning regulations need to ensure developers deliver sites with planning approval, and introduce regulations to ensure derelict /empty properties are developed, to ensure that only development that is truly necessary and warranted is allocated.