Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Object

Representation ID: 15223

Received: 17/03/2021

Respondent: Catesby Estates - Hampton Lane

Agent: Terence O'Rourke

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Site SO1 is supported in principle, but has complex land ownership and assembly issues. Given the overreliance on large sites, there is a need to select reserve sites. This area could provide additional housing as lower performing Green Belt with defensible boundaries and attached to settlement edge close to town centre.
Land south of Hampton Lane Solihull (Site 20) performs similarly to Site SO1 and should be identified as a reserve site. Site is bounded by ribbon development and forms a logical defensible extension to the urban area close to Solihull town centre. It is accessible, could provide an opportunity to address traffic congestion at Hampton Lane/Bypass, is urban in character with no significant constraints, is well-contained with defensible Green Belt boundaries to south and east and accords with the Plan's Spatial Strategy. A Vision Framework is submitted