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Draft Local Plan Review

Representation ID: 2850

Received: 14/02/2017

Respondent: Don Maclean

Representation Summary:

The 'public open space' has been & still is most important to us.
a shortage of football & rugby pitches in the centre of Solihull & wasn't this area designated for that & nothing other than that?
Getting to the squash club at certain times of the day is already a nightmare, another 100 houses each with two cars would add to the traffic problem.
do not have the infrastructure to cope with such an influx. don't concrete over our town, leave us some grass where people can exercise & enjoy sport in an area designated for just that

Full text:

Proposed housing development on former Solihull RFC ground

Dear Sirs, I write to express my concern at the proposition to build a housing estate on Sharman's Cross Road.
I have lived here for forty years & have been an active member of Solihull Arden Squash Club for all that time.
My son played rugby for Bham & Solihull 1st XV for several years, indeed he began his successful rugby career
there as a 7yr old. The 'public open space' has been & still is most important to us. Surely there is a shortage of
football & rugby pitches in the centre of Solihull & wasn't this area designated for that & nothing other than that?
Getting to the squash club at certain times of the day is already a nightmare, can you imagine what another 100
houses each with two cars would add to the traffic problem. We do not have the infrastructure to cope with such
an influx. Please, please don't concrete over our town, leave us some grass where people can exercise & enjoy
sport in an area designated for just that & nothing else.