Reviewing the Plan for Solihull’s Future

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Reviewing the Plan for Solihull’s Future Draft Local Plan To pay special attention to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of Conservation Areas. 353. The Council recognises the importance of the historic environment to the Borough’s local character and distinctiveness, its contribution to the five distinct ‘places’ of Solihull and the cultural, social, environmental and economic benefits of conserving heritage assets in proportion to their significance. Policy P16 defines the special characteristics which the Council considers make a significant contribution to Solihull’s local distinctiveness and advocates strong protection of those qualities and the Borough’s wider historic environment. The policy also seeks to ensure that all development preserves or enhances heritage assets in a manner appropriate to their significance, as defined in the evidence base for the Local Plan, or as their significance emerges during the planning process. 354. To conserve the heritage assets and sense of place within Solihull, all development proposals affecting heritage assets will also be expected to adhere to current established guidance. At present this includes National Planning Practice Guidance and all relevant Historic England 39 publications including Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance (2008). 355. A substantial body of evidence on the historic environment has been collected and informed the development of the Local Plan and this Review, its strategy for the Borough’s historic environment and the selection of sites allocated for development. Key pieces of evidence such as the Warwickshire Historic Landscape Characterisation (June 2010), Warwickshire Historic Farmstead Characterisation Project (August 2010), Warwickshire Landscape Guidelines: Arden (November 1993), Solihull Characterisation Study (December 2011) and Solihull Historic Environment Record have been used to develop an understanding of Solihull’s historic environment, local distinctiveness and its heritage assets; those parts of the historic environment which have a particular value or significance. The Historic England Heritage at Risk registers, Solihull’s Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans have also identified current threats to the Borough’s historic environment and one of the purposes of Policy P16 and the delivery strategy is to focus on addressing such threats. The Solihull Landscape Character Assessment provides evidence of the character and local distinctiveness of the landscape, including historic landscapes. Challenges and Objectives Addressed by the Policy C Sustaining the attractiveness of the Borough for people who live, work and invest in Solihull 39 Including those published under the organisations previous name of English Heritage. Solihull MBC - 118 - November 2016
Reviewing the Plan for Solihull’s Future D Securing sustainable economic growth E Protecting key gaps between urban areas and settlements F Climate change K Protecting and enhancing our natural assets Draft Local Plan Policy P17 Countryside and Green Belt The Council will safeguard the “best and most versatile” agricultural land in the Borough unless there is an overriding need for development that outweighs the loss, and will seek to protect the character of the countryside. Inappropriate development will not be permitted in the Solihull Green Belt, unless very special circumstances have been demonstrated in accordance with the NPPF. Paragraphs 89 and 90 of the NPPF set out forms of development that are not regarded as inappropriate. In interpreting these paragraphs the following provisions will apply: • Limited in-filling or redevelopment may take place in the following settlements without constituting an inappropriate development: o Chadwick End o Cheswick Green o Millison’s Wood o Tidbury Green • Limited infilling in villages shall be interpreted as the filling of a small gap within an otherwise built up frontage with not more than two dwellings. • Disproportionate additions shall be interpreted as additions that are more than 40% of the original floorspace of the building. • Where the re-use of buildings or land is proposed, the new use, and any associated use of land surrounding the building, should not conflict with, nor have a materially greater impact on, the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land in it, and the form, bulk and general design of the buildings shall be in keeping with their surroundings. In considering proposals for inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the following factors may be taken into account as very special circumstances: • The reasonable expansion of established businesses into the Green Belt will be allowed where the proposal would make a significant contribution to the local economy or employment, providing that appropriate mitigation can be secured. • Changes of use to accommodate outdoor sport and recreation uses provided they preserve the openness of the Green Belt. • Changes of use to accommodate natural burial grounds provided they preserve the openness of the Green Belt. • Waste management operations that create new capacity towards the treatment gap provided the development accords with the waste management policy of the plan. Development within or conspicuous from the Green Belt must not harm the visual amenity of the Green Belt by reason of siting, materials or design. The small settlements of Hampton-in-Arden, Hockley Heath, Meriden and Catherine de Barnes are inset in the Green Belt and are not therefore subject to Green Belt policy. Nevertheless, the Council, in considering applications for development in these Solihull MBC - 119 - November 2016
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