Before allocating this site the Council needs to satisfy itself that the site is deliverable. The scheme (including the Cricket Club) is controlled by 4 different landowners and will require reprovision of the sports facilities before any housing can take place on the current football/cricket club site. There has to be a concern that delivery of this site will take time. At best much of the housing will be delivered in the later stages of the local plan period.

The site is also not the most accessible to public transport with no bus services using Hampton Road at present nor likely to in the future.

The site also needs to be carefully assessed for its impacts on the Grade 1 listed Grimshaw Hall. This is one of the highest grade listed buildings in Knowle and a question has to be raised as to whether its setting can be adequately protected with new housing developed in such close proximity on two sides. We acknowledge that this issue appears to be recognised in the emerging Masterplan document.