Section 105 of the Solihull Draft Local Plan. Land off Damson Parkway which states: ...part of the land has also been identified as an option for a relocated Household Waste and Recycling Centre and the Council Depot.

As a local Solihull Metropolitan Borough Councillor and also a local resident to this area I know there had been no community engagement or councillor engagement about the proposal to relocate the HWRC and the depot to land off Damson Parkway before the plan was published. We were told that land was for light industrial use. The first we knew about it was after the plan was published. Therefore this goes against the statutory requirement.

I can also see no justification for relocating the HWRC and Council Depot in this area for the following reasons:

Policy P12. Protecting and enhancing our environment, Resource Management.

It is my opinion that this is contrary to Policy P12 as far as the local community is concerned.
This area is already over used by JLR. It has become a no go area for many local people. JLR monopolise the area with hundreds of cars going in and out of the factory at all times of the day with their many different shift times. Every vehicle that is made in the factory has the parts brought into the plant in huge HGVs. Every completed vehicle is sent out of the factory on transporters carrying 7 or 8 vehicles at a time. This takes place hundreds of times a day.
To even contemplate having more vehicles in this same area using the same roads will put an even greater strain on the area.
The fumes from the vehicles already in the area cause high carbon emissions. While Policy P12, Resource Management may be beneficial to the council, but to local community this with be contrary to P12 as it will cause smells, more carbon emission and more time to get to their destination due to the increase in traffic as well as the social cost and devaluation of properties