No
Draft Local Plan Review
Representation ID: 6434
Received: 15/01/2017
Respondent: Mrs Felicity Wheeler
There are sites in Dorridge and Barston which may be more suitable and are further from the boundary with Coventry thus protecting the Meriden Gap.
In Balsall Common the allocation of 1150 in Green Belt in is premature when the planning department officials admit they have not looked for any Brown field or heavily developed Green field sites in the village. Several such sites were identified in the Sites for Consideration exhibition on 20/08/16 but these have been ignored.
Any significant expansion of rural villages/settlements should be directed away from other conurbations and not reduce the green belt between Coventry, Burton Green and Coventry.
No mention is made of using Brown field or previously developed Green field sites although this is said to be a guiding principle.
The LPR evidence base is flawed. Although it purports to use a pseudo-scientific method to identify sites the actual scoring is subjective and in some cases incorrect.
There are sites in Dorridge and Barston which may be more suitable and are further from the boundary with Coventry thus protecting the Meriden Gap.