We had 1000 houses in the original village. After Cheswick Place and Blythe Valley are completed we will have approx. 2300 houses. If the Dog Kennel Lane development is approved there will be an increase of a further 1000 dwellings without any apparent improvements to the local infrastructure. The likelihood is that flooding will increase and eventually the gap between Shirley and Cheswick Green will eventually disappear.

Too much housing is being allocated to this ward (Blythe).

Flooding is increasingly an issue, especially since Cheswick Place has been completed.

We need to maintain the Green Belt between Shirley and Cheswick Green.