NHS 106 SUBMISSIONS

Section 106 funding supports NHS services by requiring developers to contribute towards healthcare infrastructure impacted by new housing developments.

Cllr Kenneth Hawkins and myself have mentioned previous our plea for the NHS to seek more substantial sums to address the extra demand in primary and secondary care that will arise through more development. One big complaint from existing residents is that, if its difficult to get a doctor’s appointment now, then what will it be like when we have more people moving into the area? This complaint is well made and it is fair to state the NHS did not seek funding when developments were approved, whereas the education sector did.

We wrote about this earlier this year, sharing the 2020 Solihull Infrastructure Delivery Plan. One of our concerns was that, as the document began its like at the start of Covid, we have seen an exponential demand in primary and secondary care and the 2020 data needed revisiting: https://cllrkenhawkins.co.uk/2024/07/08/solihull-infrastructure-delivery-plan/

We can highlight the Section 106 funding requests submitted by the Integrated Care Board (ICB) within the local Birmingham and Solihull NHS. We note there is some discrepancy in that there are two developments of the same size (450 homes) and two different values. I suspect the £862,917 request may be for both the Tilehouse Lane and Tythe Barn Lane site combined but will confirm. The sum for the larger Dog Kennel Lane site is an approximate on but I expect it to be closer to £2m.

What is special about the Dog Kennel Lane site though is that following a practice manager at Tanworth Lane surgery seeking information, we met and engaged with developers and the ICB. There does seem to be a willingness to establish a new surgery on site.

Tilehouse Lane – 450 homes at £862,917

Tythe Barn Lane – up to 90 homes – at £345,167

Wood Farm – 450 homes at £414,947

Dog Kennel Lane – 1,110 homes (approx.)

450 homes at £862,917

750 homes – tbc

This is not to state that each application is cut and dry and will be approved . We will post an update as to where we are with each site and the local plan very soon