Support

Representation ID: 3167

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: CJZ Design Limited

Agent: SLR Consulting

SLR supports the findings of the SHMA that there is a housing shortfall of 38,000 homes based on Birmingham's needs up until 2031 that cannot be accommodated within the City, even allowing for the proposals in the Plan to utilise land within the Green Belt (paragraph 3.10). The Strategic Housing Network Study (SHNS, completed in 2015) considered scenarios for distributing this housing shortfall. The study concluded that the supply of brownfield land across the HMA is insufficient and that the majority of this shortfall will need to be met on greenfield sites, including green belt outside Birmingham's administrative area.

SLR supports the premise that through the duty to cooperate there is a mechanism in place to explore new housing provision beyond the HMA where there are clear igration and commuting links. Notwithstanding, it is clear that there are opportunities to accommodate some of this shortfall on Green Belt sites within the Black Country that no longer meet the necessary purposes detailed within the NPPF.