Representations regarding the draft local plan for Shirley/Solihull
Please note the comments below as my own submissions:

I am concerned that the draft local plan for additional housing is centred almost entirely on Shirley - and the area of Shirley linking Bills Lane to Cheswick Green and beyond.
The plan looks to develop the existing green space near Baxter's Road/Woodloes Road as well as some of the Christmas Tree Farm.

This green space is much-used by residents as it is the only land of its type in the area, and provides much needed recreational space for children, dog walkers, walkers, cyclists and nature-lovers. The space was set aside specifically for residents when those two areas were built-on.
I am completely opposed to the destruction of this amenity.

Doctors, Schools and road systems are already heavily overloaded or over-subscribed and there can be a great deal of doubt over whether the local road systems would cope.
It can already take 30 minutes to drive from the Bills Lane area to the M42 junction because of the existing levels of traffic - and the Shirley/Cheswick Green roads would become impossible - and unsafe - if these developments were to go ahead.

Finally, Shirley residents feel that we are being "dumped-on" when there are no plans for the Catherine De Barnes, Knowle or Dorridge areas where space is more readily available. This is completely unfair seeing as there are already developments in Aqueduct Road/Solihull Lodge and the Powergen site.

Please add my voice to any opposition to the proposals in their current form.