In response to the consultation, I would like to add mine and my husband's support for the full and detailed response made by the Knowle, Dorridge and Bentley Heath Neighbourhood Forum on all counts.

I understand there is a need to build additional homes, but my biggest concern is that building on Green Belt would be to the detriment of Solihull and it's long-standing Urbs in Rure motto. People come to live here because of the proximity to green and open spaces. To build homes - or anything else - on these spaces is to kill the goose that lays the golden egg. Once green belt is gone, you can't ever get it back. Brown field sites should be favoured for housing, such as the TVR site in Shirley where housing - with it's excellent transport links - would be most appropriate.