No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 1496
Received: 16/02/2017
Respondent: Mr Bob Holtham
The need to expand Knowle by 1050 additional homes is not made.
It is wrong to allocate 750 of these houses to one site (ref.9) on the principal approach to the village and where the typography of the southern half in particular would mean a landscape of roofs.
This allocation is predicated on the supposed need for a land swap to fund the redevelopment of Arden Academy.
The Policy should concentrate on allocating a variety of other smaller dispersed sites such as Smiths Lane, Bentley Heath between KDBH and Solihull where travel would have less impact on the Village.
The need to expand Knowle by 1050 additional homes is not made.
It is wrong to allocate 750 of these houses to one site (ref.9) on the principal approach to the village and where the typography of the southern half in particular would mean a landscape of roofs.
This allocation is predicated on the supposed need for a land swap to fund the redevelopment of Arden Academy.
The Policy should concentrate on allocating a variety of other smaller dispersed sites such as Smiths Lane, Bentley Heath between KDBH and Solihull where travel would have less impact on the Village.