Objection to proposed housing on Allocation 13 Shirley
I have been a resident on Shotteswell Road in Shirley for 5 years now with the main attraction for moving there being the green spaces, excellent local services and quality of life.

Whilst I understand there is a need for more affordable housing, I am deeply concerned about the impact building 600 houses on allocation 13 and other allocated areas will have on my local neighbourhood, wildlife, and local traffic.

I spend most weekends walking through Shirley's wonderful green belt and observing local wildlife and removing this would be absolutely devastating.

I also spend most mornings sitting in unbearable traffic on Tanworth Lane trying to undertake my daily commute to work but struggling to get out where the junction meets with the B4102 due to the heavy volume of traffic streaming up from Dickens Heath. Building additional housing on the surrounding fields would make this commute simply intolerable.

There are plenty of other surrounding villages in Solihull which I'm sure could absorb some of this required housing, yet Shirley has been so heavily targeted. Planning was recently rejected on fields on Earlswood Road Dorridge due to this being green belt land, yet its ok to suggest Shirley sacrifices its green belt.

I'd like to request that Solihull Council considers the local residents of Shirley and the impacts this substantial housing will have on the community and quality of living. I feel a reasonable compromise would be to leave green belt land in allocation 13 untouched and proceed with the housing in allocations 11 and 12 (totalling 1250 homes) which is adequate for Shirley to contribute to the current requirement for housing due to the proposed HS2 development.