Object

Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Representation ID: 10605

Received: 13/11/2020

Respondent: Mr Tom Davis

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

The site is within the green belt and there's no very special circumstances to remove it. The Grade II listed Field Farm will be harmed. It'll cause access and safety problems using the existing sports pitches. Damson Parkway is a key transport corridor between the motorway and Coventry Road that has been negatively affected by the JLR expansion. An extra 700 homes will add 1,400 cars, creating more traffic and pollution. The access point opposite the Spire hospital causes a safety problem. This plan will result in more children yet existing schools can't accommodate them and there is no school.

Change suggested by respondent:

This site is precious green belt land that provides valued open space to the local community. This site is already a problem area due to traffic and cars heading from JLR. No building should take place here and certainly not at the size of 700 homes which is completey inappropriate for a historic area on the edge of Catherine-de-Barnes village. If building was to take place here, then the scale should be vastly reduced and be set back from the existing Damson Parkway to avoid future highways safety problems.

Full text:

The site is within the green belt and there's no very special circumstances to remove it. The Grade II listed Field Farm will be harmed. It'll cause access and safety problems using the existing sports pitches. Damson Parkway is a key transport corridor between the motorway and Coventry Road that has been negatively affected by the JLR expansion. An extra 700 homes will add 1,400 cars, creating more traffic and pollution. The access point opposite the Spire hospital causes a safety problem. This plan will result in more children yet existing schools can't accommodate them and there is no school.