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Challenges and Objectives Addressed by the Policy
A
Mitigating and adapting to Climate Change
C
Sustaining the attractiveness of the Borough for people who live, work and invest in
Solihull
E
Protecting key gaps between urban areas and settlements
I
Providing sufficient waste management facilities and providing for sand and gravel
aggregates
L
Improving water quality and flood risk
K
Protecting and enhancing our natural assets
Policy P17A Green Belt Compensation
1.
In accordance with paragraph 138 of the NPPF, planning permission will not be
granted for development of sites removed from the Green Belt unless and until
appropriate compensatory improvements to environmental quality and accessibility of
remaining Green Belt is incorporated into a Section 106 agreement. Such
compensatory improvements shall be proportionate to the extent of land being
removed from the Green Belt and will be in accordance with the following hierarchy:
2.
Where compensatory improvements have been identified as part of the concept
masterplans included as part of the Local Plan, that such improvements are included
in the development proposals.
3.
Where compensatory improvements have not been identified as part of the concept
masterplans included as part of the Local Plan that the compensatory improvements
are provided in accordance with the following hierarchy:
4.
i.
Compensatory improvements to remaining Green Belt land adjacent to, or in
close proximity to the development site;
ii.
Compensatory improvements to remaining Green Belt land adjacent to, or in
close proximity to the settlement or area accommodating the development;
iii.
Compensatory improvements to remaining Green Belt land in an area
identified for environmental improvements as part of the Council’s Green
Infrastructure Opportunity Mapping.
In the event that it is robustly demonstrated that none of the above options can be
satisfied (eg as land is not available) then the Council will accept a commuted sum
that it will use to undertake compensatory improvements.
Justification
431.
Land designated as Green Belt in the Borough will be kept permanently open, in accordance
with national Green Belt policy. This Plan has had to make significant incursions into Green
Belt in order to meet housing and other needs for the Borough and the wider area. Where
Green Belt has been allocated, exceptional circumstances for housing or other development
have been fully demonstrated in accordance with paragraph 136 of the NPPF.
432.
Paragraph 138 of the NPPF requires that plans should set out ways in which the impact of
removing land from the Green belt can be offset through compensatory improvements to the
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