I am writing to oppose the inclusion of site 18- Sharman's Cross Road in the Local Development plan.

I oppose its inclusion for the following reasons:
* In 2013 a Solihull Council all party committee meeting affirmed as policy that they would not sell the freehold of the site or lift the covenants preventing the site being used only for sporting purposes. It is therefore totally inappropriate that this site should be included in the plan and earmarked for residential development.
* Paragraph 271 of the consultation document states that the previous planning application was "refused solely because the proposals did not provide sufficient affordable housing, thus indicating that the principle for the development was considered acceptable". This is not a true explanation of why planning was refused and distorts the facts
* The type of residential development proposed and rejected on this site - up to 100 homes, medium and high density is totally out of keeping with the surrounding area - as can be seen clearly from the aerial photos in the masterplan document which show houses with reasonable sized mature gardens. A development of this scale would change the nature of the area, destroying its character.
* The development would be 4-5 times as dense as the surrounding area
* The current road accesses onto Sharman's Cross Road - used currently by the Solihull Arden Club are narrow and would not be suitable for use by the volume of traffic a development on this scale would result in.
* A development of this scale would cause significant traffic problems for the roundabout between Sharman's Cross Road and Danford/Prospect Lane - where traffic jams are already frequent
* Pow Coppice, a valuable wildlife refuge would be adversely affected by a development of this scale so close to it.
* The Solihull Arden Club will be adversely affected as it already has a shortage of parking and this development will cause serious pressures on parking in the area