Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14152
Received: 29/11/2020
Respondent: Mrs Wendy Wilson
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Site BC3 Concept Masterplan. Whilst capacity has been reduced to partially reflect constraints, concern remains due to significant harm to grade II* listed Berkswell Windmill from traffic and visual perspective. Whilst restrictions in building height made any proposed development should be modelled to ensure Windmill's functionality. High value ecological areas are fragmented or ignored, no nature reserve identified, and no mitigation for Great Crested Newts where roads cross protected corridors. No measures to mitigate safety concerns on A452. No separation between existing and proposed dwellings, amenity not respected and public open space not overlooked contrary to NDPs. Highly inefficient use of Green Belt land
Site BC3 should be removed from the LPR as it is non-compliant with National and Local Planning
Policies and is unsustainable. It would also be a highly inefficient use of Green Belt land in the most
constricted part of the Meriden Gap.
2) The phasing of any development in Balsall Common must be cognisant of the necessary
supporting infrastructure, in particular primary school provision and the construction of the
proposed bypass
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