Further to the "Have your say" Briefing in Balsall Common on the 7th January 2017, I wish to respond to the consultation of the Council's Draft Local Plan as follows:

* I am an owner occupier of 5 Kerly Close, Balsall Common - situated in a private development of 9 houses including a private paddock and road.
* It is noted that the prospective site plan within the Council's Draft Local Plan has included the hatching of the private paddock together with three resident's gardens and I wish the Council to note the following:

- The above private paddock is owned and maintained by the residents and therefore it should be removed from the site plan and future development within the Draft Local Plan.

- As a resident and owner of the private paddock, I wish it to remain as part of the Green Belt and not removed by the Council as per part of their future development.

- Council are advised that as an owner of the private paddock, I hold restrictive covenants in legal documents which prevents its use and future development.

- Notwithstanding my objection to the proposed development should future housing development take place on the "triangle" beyond the paddock (which shall be subject to ongoing dispute), I will require the Council to provide suitable screening and/or planting around the paddock (in areas not in ownership of paddock) in order to reduce environmental noise/disturbance and to also ensure that any access to the paddock is secure and only accessible for Kerly Close residents/owners.



I would also like to object to the overall proposed housing expansion within Balsall Common. Balsall Common is a village location and the proposed housing expansion plans are beyond the capacity for the village to cope with in terms of infrastructure, schooling and local services. Windmill Lane and Kenilworth Road will become gridlocked with cars, not to mention all the other roads within Balsall Common. There needs to be much greater consideration for existing residents, which is sadly lacking within your plans. Residents are also facing the prospect of having to deal with the disruption of HS2 which will further burden village residents, yet more errosion of the little bit of countryside that we currently have left.

I am also greatly worried about the huge impact for local wildlife, if this carries on, they will have nowhere to go! The Council should take this in to account - it's not just about what humans want, animal welfare needs to be preserved and respected too. Due to the current housing construction on the Kenilworth Road, we have already seen additional wildlife venturing on to our paddock! This needs to stop, they have rights too and the Council should consider these in the plans - I cannot currently see any evidence of this .

I will await a further version of the Revised Plan taking into account the above comments.