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Draft Local Plan Review

Representation ID: 366

Received: 19/01/2017

Respondent: Terry & Tracey Hughes

Representation Summary:

proposal that sites should be smaller and spread across borough re: size, density and location of sites

Full text:

Estate plans across Solihull Borough
After viewing and studying some of the proposed housing estate builds across the Solihull borough I would like to give some helpful and constructive advice if I may
I had observed that some parts of the borough are earmarked for some very large and overwhelming estate builds while other areas and communities seem to be taking very little if any housing.
I think it would be much better and fairer if you could spread the housing developments into smaller builds across the borough fairly so that each local community can take on some housing but also retain some valuable landscaped nature reserve/ garden green space to lessen the impact on local communities and this would benefit nature and the environment.
I do think some of the past mistakes in planning and development can be avoided if you can try to avoid ramming so many houses into a one area build and ripping up mature tree's and hedgerows and retain at least some field space between existing communities and new builds, because we all benefit mentally and physically from green space and nature.
This idea of spreading the housing into smaller builds across the borough would also lessen the impact on roads and local communities infrastructure which I am sure would save money.
I hope this advice is of some help for you as I am sure you have a difficult job in hand.