Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 10209

Received: 07/03/2019

Respondent: Chris Moore

Representation Summary:

Object, as the area simply can not cope with anymore houses or cars/traffic. Area has already provided significant growth at Cheswick Green, Blythe Valley, Dickens Heath. Proposal will join Cheswick Green to Shirley.

Full text:

I live in cheswick green and have just read about the possibility of the council allowing developers to build on site 12. I think it's an absolute disgrace. Please try driving down creynolds lane or dog kennel lane. The traffic is horrendous today I left the village and I was stuck in stationary traffic at the traffic light junction to join the Stratford rd for 20 minutes this was at 10.30. There was no accident just sheer number of cars on the road. The area simply can not cope with anymore houses or cars/traffic were bursting already. Cheswick green has already done more than enough for housing for the borough. With cheswick place Blythe valley the horrendous toy town of Dickens's heath. Something needs to be done to stop them joining cheswick green to Shirley. This plan 12 is a joke. I understand filling in the Stratford rd site which I think is plan 11. But that's enough. And a possible service station off junction 4 really?? Does anyone ever drive around these areas from the council the Stratford rd is horrendously congested all the time let alone more traffic to use a service station. The thing is there is a Tesco petrol station just off the island so what is the need for a full on service station?? Also a macDonald's!!! Plan 12 needs to be scrapped completely!! There's no infrastructure in cheswick green to cope with anymore. Surely the best solution to developing more houses has to be around the airport and the new Birmingham interchange hs2 station!! Where the infrastructure can be built from scratch roads big enough etc plus people won't need cars as much around there because of the 2 train stations and more than ample bus services. Surely building as many houses apartments around the Birmingham nec complex is the answer specially with all the leisure activities and transport options. Places like cheswick green knowle dorridge are been destroyed by building too many houses with not enough infrastructure. Build as many and as much around a transport hub as possible. For Blythe valley and cheswick place to get permission to build over a 1000 homes with a single bus service is crazy. Solihull will just become a traffic nightmare even more. Surely maximising the housing supply around a transport hub makes sense. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Just hope the council sees sense and stops the plan 12