SLP KDBH Extracts - Flipbook - Page 178
Solihull Local Plan Site Allocations – Masterplans
October 2020
1. Introduction
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is preparing
a new local plan which sets out the vision and
spatial strategy for the Borough up until 2036.
The plan identifies sites for potential development,
these sites are supported by a Strategic Housing
and Economic Land Availability Assessment
(SHELAA).
In order to establish robustness and deliverability of the proposed
allocations, a concept masterplan for each of the site allocations in the
Local Plan has been developed.
The Masterplan approach is born out of the Council’s ambition to
accommodate growth with place-making providing the central theme.
The illustrative concept masterplans are therefore intended to demonstrate
how sites could be brought forward for development in a form which both
The Draft Local Plan which was consulted upon in seek to respond to the Borough’s needs and safeguards the long term
December 2016 identified 20 potential allocations desirability of Solihull Borough as a place to live and work.
to deliver the Borough’s housing needs. Site 19,
The HS2 Interchange, has been excluded from Each concept masterplan sets out at a broad level how the sites ought to
this study as it is part of The HUB, an area within be developed and the likely housing capacity. The concept plans have
close proximity to the NEC, Airport and the future been developed in collaboration with the site owners and/or promoters.
High Speed 2 Interchange and is part of a design
process which is being managed by the Urban Once allocated in the Local Plan all sites will need to be brought forward
Growth Company. Site 20 is also excluded from in a manner which reflects both national and local plan policies. This will
this study as it relates to an employment allocation require additional survey work which is current at the time of application.
whereas this study is focussing on residential This may result some changes to the illustrative masterplans.
sites. More advanced work has been undertaken
for the sites included in the previous Draft Local
Plan consultations in 2016 and 2019.
The purpose of the study is to demonstrate that
the sites allocated in the Local Plan can deliver the
Council’s housing needs, for the plan period.
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