Solihull homes plan with 100 per cent affordable housing revealed
Applicant Strategic Land and Property - the team which oversees projects on Solihull Council-owned land - lodged plans to build the homes on land in Rowood Drive with planners last month.
The application for the land, one mile north of Solihull town centre, is for 33 dwellings with open space, new internal road layout and car parking.
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The application is for a mix of one, two, three and four-bedroom properties with the majority planned for the site one-bedroom maisonettes and three-bedroom homes.
Other matters such as layout, scale, landscaping and appearance of the dwellings would form a 'reserved matters' application which would be submitted if outline planning permission is granted.
A planning statement from Cushman and Wakefield, the agent for the applicant, said: 'The site was previously used by (Lode Heath) school, with no public access, but is no longer functioning as sports or recreational provision and hasn't done so for over ten years.
'More recently pedestrian access has become open and the site has been used by members of the public for dog walking and informal recreation.
'The site is not adopted public open space and is maintained by the school.
'Apart from some of the boundary trees, the existing site consists mainly of scrubby grassland and what appear to be a few self-set trees to the Rowood Drive boundary - that reflects the lack of historic maintenance on the site.
'It should be welcome the planning application is proposing to maximise the affordable housing at Rowood Drive.
'The proposed development will deliver 100 per cent affordable housing, well over the local plan requirement of 40 per cent affordable from residential sites, and this should be considered positively.
'The development will provide affordable homes to help meet local need.
'The proposal complies with the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework and planning permission should be granted.'
A consultation is now underway with a closing date for submissions of June 4.
To view the plans and submit a comment search for application PL/2025/00795/MAODW at https://publicaccess. solihull.gov.uk/online-applications.
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