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Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 7412

Received: 11/03/2019

Respondent: Mrs Maria Morris

Representation Summary:

Inadequate reference to parking for the station, currently cars park along route of the proposed bypass and this will grow.

There is nothing in the requirement involving sporting options, which falls short of the government obesity strategy of 2018.

The plan states improvement in transport links but no guarantee or plan for this

I think response times for Police, ambulance and Fire should be considered with such an increase in population

There are no plans as to how the village centre may be improved, where we are going to find parking for the increase number of cars in the centre.

Full text:

There isn't enough mention of parking for the station, currently at least 30 cars park daily along the route of the proposed bypass and obviously with a larger number of people living this will grow. I also feel that no consideration for the sports in the village. We have an obesity problem in the country, we already have a hockey team that has to play in Coventry and no access to local gym / swimming facilities having to go to Solihull / Coventry or Kenilworth for this. The government own obesity strategy from 2018 states: Local figures suggest 30% of year 6 children in Solihull are overweight, the plan does not help this at all.
Where we live also has a huge role to play in tackling childhood obesity, whether it is the way our towns and cities are designed to ensure greater active travel or safe physical activity, or how many fast food outlets can operate near schools. Each local authority already has a range of powers to find local solutions to their own level of childhood obesity but while some are already taking bold action, others are not. We want to make sure that all local authorities are empowered and confident in finding what works for them, whilst learning from local authorities both here and international examples such as Amsterdam that have tackled the problem. To do this we will:

* Develop a trailblazer programme with local authority partners to show what can be achieved within existing powers and understand "what works" in different communities. * Develop resources that support local authorities who want to use their powers. We will help set out the economic business case for a healthy food environment and provide up to date guidance and training for planning inspectors

This has not been taken into consideration at all.

The bus service doesn't run on a Sunday which means when young people want to go out they have to be driven. It is almost impossible to get to Kenilworth on public transport. I think before the plan is accepted there needs to be more consideration to how this new centre is going to be created, including enough parking and variety of shops / restaurants.

According to the BBC the average wait for 999 life threatening ambulance in CV7 (Balsall Common) is 9mins 5 sec as opposed to only 6min 48 or the rest of Solihull. There is no mention in your strategy of how ambulance services will cope, I assume the same is for the police and fire and I would expect this should be considered with such an increase in population