No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 1219
Received: 13/02/2017
Respondent: Mrs Judith Thomas
Whilst agreeing the spirit of vision in paragraph 86, the narrative implies that the centre of Balsall Common is currently thriving when in reality it already faces significant challenges in terms of parking, loss of commercial properties to residential thereby restricting meaningful expansion, and old properties with a poor selection of facilities when compared to Knowle or Dorridge, and overwhelming expansion can only worsen this. There is no reference to green belt between Balsall and Coventry which is already highly pressurised and risks being decimated by the proposals.
Whilst agreeing the spirit of vision in paragraph 86, the narrative implies that the centre of the village is currently thriving when in reality it already faces significant challenges in terms of parking and loss of commercial properties to residential build thereby further restricting meaningful expansion. Many of the properties are old with a poor selection of facilities available when compared to Knowle or Dorridge. Overwhelming expansion of Balsall Common can only.worsen this. There is also no reference to Green belt between Balsall and Coventry which is already highly pressurised and risks being decimated by the proposals