SLP KDBH Extracts - Flipbook - Page 19
De-couple economic growth and increase in car use.
Concentrate development in areas with high existing, or potential for improved public
transport access, and of critical mass to support the long term viability of public
transport provision.
Increase the amount of EV charging points
Challenge I - Providing sufficient waste management
facilities and providing for sand and gravel
aggregates
Providing sufficient waste management facilities to meet an equivalent tonnage to the
waste arising in the Borough.
To encourage developers to have a waste strategy and the construction to minimise
the carbon impact
Providing for sand and gravel production to meet national and local targets, in the
context of limited resources elsewhere in the sub-region.
Objectives
To promote the management of waste arising in the Borough further up the waste
hierarchy and its treatment as a resource to be used wherever possible.
To address the identified needs for waste management in the Borough.
To provide for primary sand and gravel resources within the Borough to meet
Solihull’s contribution to the requirement identified in the West Midlands Metropolitan
Area Local Aggregates Assessment, including the maintenance of a minimum 7 year
landbank, whilst ensuring that provision is made to encourage the use of secondary
and recycled aggregates, that sand and gravel resources are safeguarded from
possible sterilisation by non-mineral development, and that environmental, restoration
and aftercare criteria are met.
Challenge J - Improving health and wellbeing for
everyone
Significant health inequalities in the Borough, particularly between North Solihull and
the rest of the Borough.
Incidence of unhealthy lifestyles and behaviours, particularly in young people; an
ageing older population, and the need to improve the physical and mental health and
wellbeing of those who visit, work and live in Solihull, in accordance with the Health
and Wellbeing Strategy.
Objective
Promote development that contributes to a healthy and safe population by providing
for opportunities to enable people to pursue an active lifestyle, increase participation
in physical activity including play, sport and recreation and make healthier choices.
Meet local housing and employment needs whilst facilitating the provision of
appropriate health care services to create healthier safer communities.
Ensure development promotes positive outcomes for physical and mental health and
wellbeing through its location, layout and design, inclusion of appropriate levels of
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