Object

Representation ID: 13939

Received: 13/12/2020

Respondent: Councillor T Hodgson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Green Belt
- Section 11 of NPPF states that strategic policies should prioritise brownfield land
- Vast majority of land put forward for allocation is in the Green Belt
- Flawed approach as Green Belt least sustainable location, resulting in high car dependency with poor active travel links and public transport
- Will worsen traffic congestion and air pollution, which are already poor in Shirley/Blythe
- Sites will not accord with policies P7 and P8
- Plan contradicts FAQs which states that sites will be in sustainable locations with good transport links
- Green Belt land important for CO2 sequestration
- Priority should be given to verticalisation in urban areas
- Plan will result in thousands of acres of Green Belt land being lost unnecessarily, whilst housing needs of many parts of the Borough will not be met.