Can I respond to your plans for proposed development of housing on Land at the end of Woodloes Road on the Woodlands Estate in south Shirley.
I am a resident of this estate and we were active members of the now defunct Neighbourhood Watch.
The proposed plans to build houses on the fields from Woodlands to Bills Lane needs to be extensively re-though. Okay we realise there is a housing shortage in Solihull but to think of building a development in this area is ludicrous.

1. That land is extensively used by residents and other people in the larger area to walk their dogs, do exercise, have a great interest in wildlife etc, and basically have a safe space to enjoy the area we live in. It is better for animal lovers to take the their animals in those fields rather than have them running around the streets causing worry to children and oap's that live in the estate and fouling footpaths.
2. The road that runs through the estate (Stretton) is fast becoming a rat run for drivers to get to Tanworth Lane and further to Dickins Heath etc, the congestion on some mornings reaches back from Tanworth Lane to Baxters Road we have difficulty getting of our drive an occasions. Tanworth Lane can get totally blocked some morning because of the flow of Traffic along the top end of Tanworth Lane from Dickins Heath right down to the Stratford Road via Dog Kennel Lane and other roads.
The infrastructure around the estate and its exits from the estate is not capable of taking any more traffic and by building more housed is only going to make the matters worse. The parking is getting ridiculous where people are parking on Stretton Road itself and a busy bus route doesnt help the situation, Ime amazed we haven't had a major accident on Stretton Road because of people parking on a bus route this will onl get worse !! . We want that land for the use of our residents and their children if the grass was cut more often it would be used a lot more than it is at the moment.
We have to put up with travelers sites etc taking land and now this disgusting thnk of the residents for once in your lives