No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 1101
Received: 14/02/2017
Respondent: Mr William Cairns
The plan to take only 39ha of non-green belt and 299ha of green belt shows a total disregard for the value that green belt land is held in by the community nor the strategic benefit of the Meriden Gap to restrict urban sprawl between Coventry and Birmingham/Solihull. It was recently stated by a government minister that green belt should only be taken in extreme circumstances when no other options are available.SMBC should be limiting the take of green belt whereas it seems to be actively promoting its destruction instead of using brownfield and PDL sites borough wide first.
The plan to take only 39ha of non-green belt and 299ha of green belt shows a total disregard for the value that green belt land is held in by the community nor the strategic benefit of the Meriden Gap to restrict urban sprawl between Coventry and Birmingham/Solihull. It was recently stated by a government minister that green belt should only be taken in extreme circumstances when no other options are available.SMBC should be limiting the take of green belt whereas it seems to be actively promoting its destruction instead of using brownfield and PDL sites borough wide first.