I'm absolutely shocked that the council is even considering further development in Dickens Heath. The proposed site is one of only two entry and exit roads to Dickens Heath and has restricted access due to narrowing for on coming traffic . Tythe Barn Lane is laden with traffic due to people using it as a main artery through to Whitlocks End station where many park and ride to Birmingham and onto Shirley and Birmingham by road.It is also prone to flooding and in the latest rains I saw people with canoes up and down that stretch and was myself unable to use the road due to the waters.

I appreciate that you are needing to find space to build new housing but since I moved here in 2002 , Dickens Heath has had to endure a great deal of development, most recently over towards Birchy Leasowes and Tidbury Green as well as the development at Cheswick Green which has resulted in more congestion as residents there now use the facilities in Dickens Heath.

We are slowly being strangled by the traffic ,trying to take my poorly daughter to the Dr's recently ,I was unable to park at all anywhere near the town centre. I am good friends with the hairdressers on the High St and they too are struggling as clients are starting to go elsewhere as they are unable to park to use the facilities on the High st.

My children love opening their curtains and seeing the fields and the ponies on their way to school in the morning. Please please could you consider the impact this will further have on the quality of our lives.