Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 11012
Received: 11/12/2020
Respondent: Balsall Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Para 527 Balsall Common Relief Road
The creation of this relief road should be in one phase. Rat runs are already used through the settlement to avoid the A452 and should the new road not be implemented in one go this problem will be exacerbated.
Creating the relief road in more than one phase will mean very little of the existing traffic will use it. Without the complete relief road to divert traffic from the centre of Balsall Common, the Masterplanning of the village centre will be impeded (para 528).
Amend paragraph 527 to commit that the relief road will be competed in a single phase and adjust policies BC3 Kenilworth Road and BC4 Pheasant Oak to require those sites to make a financial contribution to the Waste Lane to Meer End section of the relief road.
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This is justified as Sites BC3 and BC4 will create traffic in Balsall Common, as recognised by the submission plan reference to the distances to the centre and the rail station, which, in the absence of a relief road, will cause further pressure on the A452 through Balsall Parish. Hence a proportionate financial contribution to mitigate the traffic demands that these sites will place on Balsall Common is appropriate.
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