Support
Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation
Representation ID: 6811
Received: 24/02/2019
Respondent: Andrew Hodge
Land off Blue Lake Road, Dorridge (A5)
Support exclusion. The Arden triangle and Hampton Road sites already add circa 900 dwellings to Knowle & Dorridge, village environments never designed to deal with this capacity (schools, doctors, roads, parking). Specifically, land off Blue Lake Road already suffers with flooding. Grove Road, Blue Lake Road and Norton Green Road are all narrow without footpaths making them hazardous to pedestrians and traffic. The area has been heralded nationally as desirable, attracting wealth creators, bringing greater prosperity to the area. Further development would destroy one of the last desirable village locations in the Borough.
These sites should be omitted. The Arden triangle and Hampton Road sites already add circa 900 dwellings to Knowle & Dorridge, village environments never designed to deal with this capacity (schools, doctors, roads, parking). Specifically, land off Blue Lake Road already suffers with flooding. Grove Road, Blue Lake Road and Norton Green Road are all narrow and without footpaths making them hazardous to pedestrians and traffic. The area has been heralded nationally as desirable, attracting wealth creators, bringing greater prosperity to the area. Further development would surely destroy one of the last desirable village locations in the Solihull Borough.