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Under its Local Plan Review, Solihull Council is proposing to ‘meet in full assessed housing need’. To do this the Plan proposes to take 340 hectares, over 800 acres, out of the Green Belt and allow 5,000 houses to be built on what is now Green Belt.
1.2 Solihull has a high level of housing need and the Council is committed to widening opportunities for home ownership and helping local people who cannot afford to buy or rent homes on the open market. 1.3 As Local Housing Authority, the Council has statutory duties for homelessness and housing needs.
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HOUSING inspectors in Solihull have agreed that the councils identified housing requirements meet the ongoing needs of the borough. It means the Council has passed the planning test known as the ‘Duty to Cooperate’ with neighbouring Councils. The Inspector then focuses on some key areas that require further work and assessment.
24. Part 1 of the SHMA aimed to provide an objective assessment of housing need (OAN) for Solihull, and Part 2 provided a breakdown of that OAN of both affordable and market housing need by mix, type and affordable tenure. 25. The 2016 SHMA established an OAN figure of 13,093 dwellings from 2014-2033. Taking into
in housing need. However with the approach proposed there is a risk that this could increase the overall assessed need if this is in addition to that currently assessed. b) from early 2018, use a standardised approach to assessing housing requirements as the baseline for five year housing supply calculations and monitoring housing
Housing Strategy. Council Plan, 2020-2025 2.6 The Solihull Council Plan, updated for 2022-23, sets a vision ‘where everyone has an equal chance to be healthier, happier, safer and more prosperous through growth that creates opportunities for all’. 2.7 The basis of the Plan is that economic development, environmental sustainability and ...
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in Council or partner housing association properties in Solihull; releasing particular Council accommodation important for meeting housing need; hazardous accommodation; racial harassment / hate crimes / domestic abuse cases (assessed as higher risk than main duty homeless); vulnerable persons / witness protection tier 1 (high risk) 120