Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 13813
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: The Knowle Society
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Scale of development on the site is not adequately justified.
No mention of need to off-set biodiversity loss.
Question whether the need for a care village / retirement complex. Further work required to justify this. If no need, the site should be made available for a shared market/affordable housing scheme.
No indication of how ‘very special circumstances’ will be demonstrated for relocation of Knowle Football Club.
Impact of increased traffic not addressed sufficiently and how increased movements will adversely impact on Knowle Conservation Area with no suitable or definitive mitigation identified.
Impact of development on one of the highest points in Knowle will create an unacceptable skyline.
Traffic calming measures required along Hampton Road.
The Masterplan should include actual proposed densities of each indicated area. It should indicate road layouts together with their width to ensure there is no repetition of the mistakes made with the layout of the Middlefield development in order to achieve the Council’s originally identified number of dwellings which they thought could be achieved. The Neighbourhood Plan makes clear the requirement of satisfactory estate development in Knowle and these requirements should be mandatory as part of this Proposal.
See attached representation.