No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 1252
Received: 13/02/2017
Respondent: Mr Dan Salt
Solihull's proposal for Balsall Common contradicts its Plan. It is disproportionate in scale versus the current settlement size, eroding hierarchy and balance. 1150+ homes built on ecologically important Green Belt and furthermore terribly reducing the Meriden Gap is not managed nor low impact development. The distinctiveness of the North and East of the village with healthy access to ancient woodland is removed in totality and residents once on the edge of the settlement, by choice, will find themselves living in the middle of the settlement. There is no space to channel more traffic through without the same destruction.
Solihull's proposal for Balsall Common contradicts its Plan. It is disproportionate in scale versus the current settlement size, eroding hierarchy and balance. 1150+ homes built on ecologically important Green Belt and furthermore terribly reducing the Meriden Gap is not managed nor low impact development. The distinctiveness of the North and East of the village with healthy access to ancient woodland is removed in totality and residents once on the edge of the settlement, by choice, will find themselves living in the middle of the settlement. There is no space to channel more traffic through without the same destruction.