With regard to the Draft submission plan above my wife and I wish to register our grave concerns regarding to proposed areas BL1 west of Dickens Heath and BL3 Whitlock's End Farm. Both of these proposals will generate much more traffic and with the already severe traffic issues on mainly rural routes in this area will make the situation intolerable for every ones health, safety and wellbeing. In particular Haslucks Green Road has seen a substantial increase in traffic since the development of Dickens Health and Whitlock's End railway Station. The road is very narrow with severe and dangerous bends between Bills Lane and Tilehouse Lane/ Peterbrook Road this already being a high accident area, more traffic generated from these proposed developments will only exacerbate the problem. Dickens Heath although an award winning site has extensive parking problems with the village gridlocked at peak times, more vehicles from these additional properties would add to the problem.

In addition the loss of the sports facilities in Tythe Barn Lane is not necessary and would be a great loss to the community. We realise that the proposal states that these facilities will be replaced but nothing written as to when and where.

The proposal to run a bus route down Birchy Leasowes Lane is not feasible as the junction with Dickens Heath road has ancient woodland on either side which would prevent the junction being altered to accommodate buses turning safely.

We also have concerns with regard to flooding for example, Tythe Barn Lane was impassable on a number of occasions only this year after not significantly heavy rain, we feel this will only worsen with the onset of climate change. The football grounds at present flood and act as a natural soak away for excess rainwater, building on this land would prevent that happening.

Being conservationists we are also concerned if these proposals are adopted a number of local wildlife and ancient woodland sites would be lost forever also adding to climate change.

To summarise this area has seen extensive development over the last few years with Dickens Heath now much larger than the original plans and the further developments at Tilehouse Lane/ Norton Lane, High Street Solihull Lodge and Lowbrook Lane. We feel only so much development in a relatively small area is sustainable and we urge you to reconsider these proposals utilising brown field sites as opposed to the loss of our endangered and much needed green belt land.