Following the withdrawal of Solihull’s Draft Local Plan, work has already begun to develop a new Plan for the borough.
Solihull Council has now issued a ‘call-for-site submissions’, as set out in the report to Full Council in October when the move to withdraw the previous plan was agreed by Councillors.
This comes after Inspectors appointed to examine Solihull’s Local Plan recommended that it be withdrawn.
Those promoting any sites in this previous Plan will need to re-register their interest to ensure the Council has up-to-date evidence on the availability of any proposed sites.
The Council is also keen to receive submissions about sites not previously promoted, especially if they relate to brownfield land opportunities.
Councillor Andy Mackiewicz, cabinet member for Climate Change and Planning, said: “We were deeply disappointed in the Inspectors’ conclusions and reluctantly agreed to withdraw the Plan.
“We are now faced with producing a new Plan that will address the inspectors’ concerns while also protecting our Green Belt and with the best long-term interests of the borough in mind.
“The majority of the Plan we had presented to the inspectors was sound, we just need to work through their land supply issues.
“To begin this process, we need to ask those who had proposed sites to be included in the previous Plan to re-register their interests to make sure we can quickly update an emerging plan with accurate site information.
“We will publish a new timetable for development of our new Local Plan and will continue to keep everyone appraised of its progress.”
Coun said previously were driven by the land that may be available, often in a single ownership but he called on promoters to look past boundaries and put forward a larger site that can take advantage of looking at an area more comprehensively in joint submissions.
Applications for sites should be made here before January 31.
