Object

Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Representation ID: 10749

Received: 10/12/2020

Respondent: ms Babs Gisborne

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

The plan for 90-100 houses is unsound and unsustainable on a field/meadow for 6-9 horses and countless species of wildlife. The environmental damage will be immense, not just destroying natural habitats including the canal banks but putting extra stress on already stretched electricity and water supplies. Water pressure is so low I have had to install a water pump to shower in the morning. Electricity cuts happen frequently and the increased traffic will cause more air pollution. The cycle lanes should be planned into the road system and the nature-rich canal banks should not be dismantled to provide more access.

Change suggested by respondent:

The policy must not change the Green Belt zone. It should be pushing for developments such as SO2 and NS1. The planning model is outdated, paying no attention to sustainability. Covid has proved not just locals (656) but people from the wider West Midlands have valued and used the country byways for their health and wellbeing. Eroding the Green Belt meadowland and wooded copses for housing will exacerbate the feeble road structure with its 200 extra vehicles, (672), circulating at the congested T-junctions either end of School Road. Neither are 90+ houses in keeping with the current ribbon development.

Full text:

The plan for 90-100 houses is unsound and unsustainable on a field/meadow for 6-9 horses and countless species of wildlife. The environmental damage will be immense, not just destroying natural habitats including the canal banks but putting extra stress on already stretched electricity and water supplies. Water pressure is so low I have had to install a water pump to shower in the morning. Electricity cuts happen frequently and the increased traffic will cause more air pollution. The cycle lanes should be planned into the road system and the nature-rich canal banks should not be dismantled to provide more access.