I wish to object to the proposed development at site BL1 for the following reasons.
1. There has already been excessive development in the area with Dickens Heath more than doubling in size; Tidbury Heights on Fulford Heath Road and Regency Fields.
2. We were told that the area would Green Belt after the building of Tidbury Heights and Regency Fields.
3. Traffic levels have significantly increased with the resulting congestion.
4. There are other sites in Solihull Borough that are more sustainable and with better facilities that seem to have been ‘overlooked’ eg Dorridge, Knowle, Hampton in Arden and others.
5. The building of the site will cause coalescence between Tidbury Green, Majors Green, Dickens Heath and Shirley with the resulting loss of identity.
6. Access to Dickens Heath Village Centre can only be achieved by car.
7. Vehicles and any bus will use Birchy Leasowes Lane which is narrow with dangerous junctions at either end. Many local people will not use this road because of the danger.
8. There will be the inevitable loss of wildlife and damage to the environment.