It is not helpful to state that only 2.5% of the Green belt would be taken for housing. This will be the thin end of the wedge and housing development will then continue to creep across the Green Belt. Not only that but the Green Belt designated to be given up will be a pointless exercise and waste of precious land because the proposed housing developments in Knowle are completely unsuitable for the size and character of the village.

Other areas should be identified, why cannot the margins along the M42 be used for housing behind Lady Byron Lane up to the junction of the M42 and the A34 - a precedent for development alongside the motorway and has already been set with the Blythe Park development.

Also the area around Catherine de Barnes where it is already earmarked for business and commercial development close to the Airport & HS2. The people living there would be close to where the employment will exist.