Objection to Shirley Allocation 13
I would formally like to state my vehement objections to Solihull Council's proposed new housing "Allocation 13".

I am a life long resident of Shirley and regularly use the local green belt for sports and recreation. My wife who also loves the area due to her has very keen interest in the wildlife that this small but wonderful area of natural habitat provides.

I do fully understand and appreciate the country's current housing crisis and accept that Shirley and Solihull have a part to play in resolving this issue, however the key reasons for my objections are as follows:

* The loss of much loved greenbelt land and the associated health, recreation and natural benefits to wildlife this provides.
* The fact that there are 1250 houses planned in allocation 11 and 12 only a matter of metres away from allocation 13 which to my knowledge is not greenbelt land. I feel this is a fair and reasonable amount of homes for this area of Shirley to cope with. More seems simply unnecessary and unwarranted.
* I struggle everyday to get out of the junction between Tanworth lane and the B4102 due to the stream of traffic coming up from Dickens Heath. The tail backs can go past the junction with Stretton road and it can take 20 minutes to get over this traffic blackspot currently. An additional 600 homes will simply make this an untenable area for vehicular traffic.
* The impact on local amenities and services would be detrimentally effected to great measure with the additional 600 homes that allocation 13 proposes (on top of the 1250 houses proposed for allocation 11 and 12).
* I believe there are other areas around Solihull that can accommodate more houses and essentially share their fair amount of new homes. To my knowledge there are no homes being planned in Dorridge. My understanding is that a prior planning application to build houses in Dorridge was refused and the fact the land was greenbelt was the rationale for the refusal. However it appears this reasonable precedent is conveniently forgotten when it comes to the already congested Shirley.
I strongly request that the proposed plans for 600 homes on Allocation 13 are scrapped in full, immediately.