I should like to object to your proposed inclusion of residential development of the Sharmans Cross sports area.

As a resident of Oaken Drive, my family experiences the problem of traffic in the Streetsbrook Rd and Sharmans Cross Rd area. Every day Streetsbrook and Sharmans Cross is nose to tail gridlocked from 7:30am - 9:15am with special difficulty with the junction that also includes Stonor Park Road and Dorchester Rd. Adding to this problem by adding
60-100 houses in Sharmans Cross would be a madness for the problems associated with: traffic, pollution and danger to cyclists, pedestrians and also vehicular traffic (as cars parked along Sharmans Cross cause a very tight bottleneck).

In winter travelling down Sharmans Cross is especially treacherous when the road is icy or heavily frosted as the passing area is very narrow when cars are parked all the way along.

I should also like to object to the loss of community sports potential.
As green space used for residential can never be recovered. It seems to be vitally important to preserve these spaces in the centre of town as children and also adults are disinclined to take advantage of sports facilities that are too distant from their homes whereas the facility is already at hand. If anything the sporting facility should be invested in.

Finally I should like to pose that considering the additional residential development and the associated traffic increase (approximately 2 cars/household) there will be additional traffic pollution resulting from SMBC's own action and this is at odds with your own traffic and pollution reduction plans (see SOLIHULL CLEAN AIR STRATEGY 2019 - 2024 and Solihull Planning Guidelines).