This site is not appropriate for development. Sites around Dorridge would have provided better opportunities for smaller scale development providing greater sustainability being closer to the station.

This is unnecessary development which will result in the loss of valuable greenbelt. It is misleading to say that Arden Academy needs a new site. Many of the buildings are modern and the older elements can be rebuilt over time. Valuable Greenbelt will be lost, which is home to a significant amount of wildlife and the area along Warwick Road provides significant visual amenity as you approach Knowle from the South. The scale of development is significantly out of proportion with the size of Knowle and will create significant issues with traffic and safety, which already struggles at the moment.