Up to five homes at Land Between 39 And 79 Earlswood Road, Dorridge, Solihull

“The PIP consent route is an alternative way of obtaining planning consent for housing-led development which separates the consideration of matters of principle for proposed development from the technical detail of the development.”

“Detailed layout, appearance, scale, or design; • Access arrangements and parking layout; • Landscape and ecology matters; • Heritage matters; • Contamination; • Drainage, utilities, and other technical infrastructure details; • Detailed impacts on neighbouring amenity (such as overlooking or overshadowing); • Archaeological matters, and • Construction management matters.”

“This application seeks permission for the provision of up to 5no. dwellings on land between 39 and 79 Earlswood Road Dorridge Solihull.”

“This application is identical in every way to application PL/2025/00922/PIP that was allowed at appeal on 4 February 2026, with one exception. That exception is that the previous application made reference in its description to the dwellings being custom and self build houses, whilst reference to this is omitted in this revised application. The dwellings proposed are therefore for general market construction.”

“This application and report must therefore concentrate on whether the matters in favour as outlined by the Inspector still outweigh those against without the custom and self build issue being factored into the decision making process.”

“Statutory Consultees The following Statutory Consultee responses have been received:”

“Lead Local Flood Authority: No objection. • SMBC Contaminated Land : No objection regarding land use • SMBC Ecology- Objection regarding land use and designated status of land…”

“A total of 6 objection letters have been received in relation to this permission in principle application. All correspondence has been reviewed and the main issues raised are summarised below (Planning Committee Members have access to all third party correspondence received):”

“Inappropriate Development in the Green Belt; • Loss of Local Wildlife Site and Ecological Value; • Impact on Character and Landscape; • Prematurity and Planning Uncertainty; • Highways and Access Concerns; • Direct Violation of Solihull Local Plan Policy P17; • Harm to Green Belt Openness; • The Site is Not "Previously Developed Land" (PDL); • Harm to Public Footpath (Visual Amenity); • Misclassification of Land; • Not Previously Developed Land; • Harm to Public Footpath;…”

“PL/2025/01951/PIP - LAND BETWEEN 39 AND 79 EARLSWOOD ROAD Conditional approval as per the officer recommendation.”