I believe the amber Site 413 should be omitted from the Local Plan as a site for residential development on the basis of the following.

Insufficient infrastucture within the villages of Dorridge and Knowle, to cope with a development of this magnitude on top of proposed additional sites 8 & 9

The surrounding roads in particular Norton Green Lane and Blue Lake Road, where presumably access to the site would be required, are country lanes designed for light traffic. They would also lead to increased safety issues, in particularly at the junction of Norton Green Lane, Grove Road and Warwick Road at Dead Mans Corner. It would be this junction that would used to gain access to Knowle from Site 413

Even without this development there are already safety concerns with Dorridge Road becoming the overspill car park for the local railway station. It would be Dorridge Road that would be used to gain access to Dorridge and in particular Sainsburys supermarket and the local Dorridge Surgery from Site 413.

Highways Dept/Severn Trent already struggling to deal with local drainage problems affecting Blue Lake Road, constant flooding at the junction of Blue Lake Road and Dorridge road causing further safety issues.

In short existing local infrastructure issues need to be addressed before a development of this nature is considered. When I say infrastructure I mean it in its broadest sense ie Highways, Drainage, Transport, Schools, Health, they are all struggling to cope.


Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure if that can not be sensibly given then further development of the area should be put on hold until it can be given.