Solihull Local Plan Review Draft Submission Plan Regulation 22 (1) (c) Statement Appendix A Summary of Main Issues Raised by Regulation 18 Consultation (Draft Local Plan – 2016) and the Council’s Responses. May 2021 This page is left intentionally blank. Local Plan review Main Issues & Responses to Draft Local Plan (2016) Consultation Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................... 5 Background ..................................................................................................................... 5 Scope, Issues and Options Consultation (Nov 2015) ..................................................... 5 Draft Local Plan (Nov 2016) ............................................................................................ 5 Next Steps ...................................................................................................................... 5 2. Publicity for the Consultation ......................................................................... 6 Letters, Emails and Publicity .......................................................................................... 6 Web-based communication and Social Media .............................................................. 6 Press Coverage ............................................................................................................... 6 Engagement with Stakeholders ..................................................................................... 7 3. Respondents & Representations .................................................................... 8 Summary table - Questions ............................................................................................ 8 Summary table – Allocated Sites .................................................................................. 12 Petitions........................................................................................................................ 14 4. Challenges.................................................................................................... 15 Q1 – Challenges facing the Borough ............................................................................ 15 5. Vision ........................................................................................................... 24 Q2 – Vision for the Borough ......................................................................................... 24 6. Spatial Strategy ............................................................................................ 31 Q3 – Spatial Strategy .................................................................................................... 31 7. Sustainable Economic Growth ...................................................................... 41 Q4 – Policy P1 UK Central Hub Area ............................................................................ 41 Q5 – Key Objectives of Policy P1 .................................................................................. 47 Q6 – Policy P1A Blythe Valley Park .............................................................................. 49 Q7 – Policy P2 Maintain Strong Competitive Town Centres ........................................ 51 Q8 – Scale and Location of Development (Town Centres) .......................................... 56 Q9 – Policy P3 Provision of Land for General Business and Premises ......................... 57 Q10 – Scale and Location of Development (General Business) ................................... 59 8. Providing Homes for All (General Policy Approach) ...................................... 61 Q11 - Policy P4 Meeting Housing Needs ...................................................................... 61 Q12 - Level of Affordable Housing ............................................................................... 62 Q13 - Self and Custom Housebuilding .......................................................................... 64 Q14 – Number of New Homes ..................................................................................... 66 9. Providing Homes for All (Site or Settlement Specific) ................................... 71 Q15 - Location of New Homes ..................................................................................... 71 Balsall Common – Representations Regarding the Settlement as a Whole ................ 76 Site 1 – Barratt’s Farm, Balsall Common ...................................................................... 78 Site 2 – Frog Lane, Balsall Common ............................................................................. 82 Site 3 – Windmill Lane, Balsall Common ...................................................................... 84 Site 4 – Land West of Dickens Heath ........................................................................... 86 Site 5 – Chester Road/Moorend Avenue, Fordbridge .................................................. 91 Site 6 – Meriden Road, Hampton in Arden .................................................................. 92 Site 7 – Kingshurst Village Centre ................................................................................ 94 Knowle/Dorridge/Bentley Heath – Representations Regarding the Settlement as a Whole ........................................................................................................................... 95 Solihull MBC - 3 - April 2021 Local Plan review Main Issues & Responses to Draft Local Plan (2016) Consultation Site 8 – Hampton Road, Knowle ................................................................................... 97 Site 9 – Land South of Knowle ...................................................................................... 99 Site 10 – West of Meriden.......................................................................................... 107 Shirley – Representations Regarding the Area as a Whole ........................................ 109 Site 11 – TRW/The Green ........................................................................................... 114 Site 12 – Land South of Dog Kennel Lane ................................................................... 116 Site 13 – Land South of Shirley ................................................................................... 120 Site 14 – Arran Way, Smith’s Wood ........................................................................... 124 Site 15 – Jenson House, Auckland Drive, Smith’s Wood ............................................ 125 Site 16 – East of Solihull ............................................................................................. 127 Site 17 – Moat Lane/Vulcan Road .............................................................................. 132 Site 18 – Sharmans Cross Road .................................................................................. 134 Site 19 – Land at HS2 Interchange ............................................................................. 137 Site 20 – Land at Damson Parkway ............................................................................ 139 Alternative Sites (Where a Call for Sites Submission Already Made) ........................ 141 Alternative Sites (New Suggestions) .......................................................................... 147 Q16 - Infrastructure Requirements ............................................................................ 153 Q17 – Policy P6 Provision of Sites for Gypsies and Travellers ................................... 160 10. Improving Accessibility and Encouraging Sustainable Travel ...................... 162 Q18 – Improving Accessibility and Encouraging Sustainable Travel .......................... 162 11. Protecting and Enhancing the Environment ............................................... 168 Q19 – Protecting the Environment ............................................................................ 168 12. Promoting Quality of Place ........................................................................ 178 Q20 – Quality of Place ................................................................................................ 178 13. Health and Supporting Local Communities ................................................. 183 Q21 – Health and Supporting Local Communities ..................................................... 183 14. Delivery and Monitoring ............................................................................ 188 Q22 – Policy P21 Developer Contributions and Infrastructure Provision .................. 188 15. General Comments .................................................................................... 192 Q23 – General Comments .......................................................................................... 192 A. Location of Respondents ............................................................................ 201 Solihull MBC - 4 - April 2021 Local Plan review Main Issues & Responses to Draft Local Plan (2016) Consultation 1. Introduction 1. This document has been prepared to fulfil the requirement of Regulation 22 (1) (c) (iii) & (iv) of the Town & Country Planning Local Plan Regulations. It sets out the main issues raised in the 2016 Regulation 18 consultation on the Draft Local Plan and how those representations were taken into account. 2. The document uses the summary of representations published in July 2017 with the addition of a paragraph under each section setting out the Council’s response to the representations. This additional text