I wish to submit my objections regarding the above, but find the Solihull Council website non user- friendly. Hence the following email

I have lived at Cheswick Green since 1972. I am referring to the whole plan.
My objections to the proposed new housing are that :

a)You are constantly building on Greenfield sites, when there are numerous Brownfield sites in the Birmingham area.

Why? Surely “Greenfield” means they are the last areas to be built on. All we shall have left soon are the areas that contractors cannot be bothered to clear, when surely these should be used first.

b) A disproportionate number of houses are being built on Cheswick Green compared with the rest of the borough;. Five years ago Cheswick Green had 1000 dwellings. At present there are 2000. By the time Blythe Valley is completed there will be 3000 dwellings and if this development goes ahead there will be 4000+, yet there are no additional services planned. Cheswick Green School is already stretched. No extra doctors surgeries are envisaged. And hospitals?

When I came to Cheswick Green, I could get a doctor’s appointment when I called on the telephone. Just before Covid there was usually a wait of 5 minutes early morning before getting through and already very little possibility of an appointment within the week and lucky if one in the next fortnight. Now of course, it is impossible to do either. Also getting one at the actual Cheswick Green Surgery is nigh on impossible, one has to travel to Tanworth Lane or Knowle. Equally problematical with hospital appointments. This is how it is now. The future of our health looks bleak.

d)Roads are narrow around here and they will be unable to take more traffic safely. More accidents. Gridlocks at peak times, more pollution.

e)Dog Kennel Lane is the only boundary between us and adjoining areas of the borough. If that is lost, we will very quickly lose all our Greenfield areas and just become part of greater Birmingham.

Just one big city with no villages. No green space. Not good for our future generation

Why cannot brownfield sites be used instead of carving up our lovely countryside, losing trees that could be our lifeline?

f)And flooding: The more green space lost to housing, the more likelihood of more flooding as in 2019.

Please take these points into consideration. We Cheswick Green residents wish to remain in a safe, pleasant village with reasonable facilities, not be part of a huge city conurbation.