LDP - Proposed Housing Allocation 18

"Urbs in Rure"


The council may have to rethink it's motto if it is prepared to allow building on Solihulls sports facilities, green spaces and rural land

I am a member of Arden Tennis club and a local resident

I also play football for two local football teams, both teams play on artificial pitches and we are surrounded by a metal fence

The council have a stated objective not to build on existing pitches and the inclusion of the Sharmans Cross in the LDP site is in total conflict with that stated position

It is vital that communities have retained use of these pitches and green spaces and we cannot allow Solihull to become effectively an inner city suburb

The site at Sharmans cross road has a covenant that only allows sport to take place on the land and in conjunction with the objective of not building on pitches simply cannot be included as suitable for housing development