Proposed Housing Allocation 13, South of Shirley
We would like to raise an objection to the proposal above.

We have lived in Langcomb Road, backing on to one of the proposed sites for over 30 years and have enjoyed the fact that we back on to open, as we thought, Green Belt land.
It is quite disturbing that should houses be built on the fields at the back, currently taken over by Christmas trees, there would be a possibility of our garden flooding and generally getting wetter than it can be due to all driveways and roads that would need to be built. The loss of the trees that take up a lot of this water would accelerate this problem. We already understand that the water table was disturbed when Dickens Heath was built.
Also we were led to believe that Solihull were totally against Shirley linking up with Dickens Heath but that would be what the outcome would be. We quite frequently walk over the pathway, through the farm to Dickens Heath, enjoying the peace and quite of the open countryside.
What would happen as well for the youngstersf with the proposed scrapping of the many football clubs in the area. Surely this is an amenity which keeps the young people off the roads giving them an interest and an activity to enjoy.
How are we going to cope with the extra traffic. Surely Bills Lane cannot cope with any extra. There are always incidents of cars not coping with the bend and ending up in the fencing.
Shakespeare Drive, Tanworth Lane and Stretton Road can all become bottle necks at the moment with traffic trying to make their way to the Stratford Road. Traffic also is congested down the Stratford Road towards the retail park and onward to Cranmore Business Park.
Has thought been given to schooling although possibly this is not a concern due to the number of children from outside the Borough who are allocated places in our schools.
Why should this 41% of proposed housing across the Borough schedule for this area. Surely a more even spread across the Borough would be a solution. Are there no areas in Meriden, Hampton in Arden or Knowle and Dorridge which could be looked at?