No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 4177
Received: 15/02/2017
Respondent: Knowle, Dorridge & Bentley Heath Neighbourhood Forum CIO
The Council has, therefore, opted for a spatial strategy that places large numbers of houses in rural locations away from the main centres of employment and where car-borne travel and related congestion would be an inevitable outcome. There seems to be little or no relationship between the Council's Transport Strategy, Solihull Connected, its priorities and implied spatial strategy, and the allocation of over 1000 houses in Knowle (and elsewhere in the rural areas). The Strategy therefore fails to achieve its fundamental aim of a sustainable pattern of development.
On behalf of the forum, I am submitting the attached document as the considered view of the Neighbourhood Forum members in response to the consultation to Solihull Council's Draft Local Plan. The response relates in particular to the implications for the KDBH area.
In order to capture and then reflect the views of forum members and residents, the forum has held three public meetings; in December 2016 and January and February of this year. Feedback has been gathered on each occasion and we have also invited and received comments via e-mail.
We also have a body of evidence that reflects residents' general views, concerns and aspirations for the area from the residents survey conducted in 2016.
In addition, we have reviewed the proposed housing allocations, for the KDBH area as outlined in the draft plan against the Council's published methodologies and evidence base to try to understand how they were determined.
We believe that the document is a balance and objective representation of the Forum member's views.
We have also encourage members to submit their own individual responses, following the instructions on your website. This should ensure that you have the full spectrum of views.