No

Draft Local Plan Review

Representation ID: 2715

Received: 13/02/2017

Respondent: Nicola Burton

Representation Summary:

Object to housing Site 13 as although there is a housing problem this is not the answer and will change Shirley's character from semi-rural to urban sprawl, roads which are already racetracks will be unable to cope, medical services will be oversubscribed, rail facilities/services are not fit for the increased numbers that will need to use them, loss of green belt, wildlife and recreational area for children.

Full text:

I am writing to register objection to site allocation 13.
This construction if all goes ahead will ruin Shirley and completely change the character of Shirley from semi rural to an urban sprawl. Our roads! Haslucks green, bills lane, Shakespeare drive, roads around dickens heath are already like racetracks, with accidents waiting to happen. How will our roads cope with more vehicles?
Our closest paediatric hospital is now heartlands, after Solihull down sized. Heartlands is a nitemare to get to at the best of times. How will our hospitals cope with the volume of people?
Our public transport which already is not fit for the amount of people using it, as Shirley station for example is very small. How will public transport cope?
Not to even mention the green belt. This land is home to pond life, birds, deer. Once all this beautiful land is gone, it is gone forever. Fields our children can play in, gone forever. I understand that there is a housing problem I just believe that this is not the answer. I really do hope that all these objections are thoroughly read and taken into consideration before we loose our last pieces of greenery in Shirley.
From a worried and concerned parent in Shirley.