Object
Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation
Representation ID: 7657
Received: 12/03/2019
Respondent: Mrs Fiona Somerville
Sports Site should be retained. Affirmation by SMBC Committee in 2013 that freehold would NOT be sold nor existing covenants lifted. More investment in sporting facilities required in Solihull not less.
Proposed housing density 4-5x greater than existing - damaging character and distinctiveness of area and failure to enhance it. Local infrastructure already overloaded so would not cope with more development.
Loss of established trees and Green wildlife area.
This site is a sports site and should be retained as such. In 2013 a Solihull MBC all party committee meeting affirmed as the Council's policy that the they would not sell the freehold of the site, nor lift the covenants regarding the sites only being used for sporting purposes and as ancillary to sport/recreation. Solihull needs more investment in recreational and sporting facilities, not less. If approved, The housing density would be 4-5 times greater than the surrounding area. The character and distinctiveness of the locality in this mature suburb would be damaged beyond recognition and forever .
There is already inadequate parking in the locality and the surrounding roads would be overloaded by the additional traffic.
Loss of trees and other green infrastructure.
The local infrastructure would not cope with the increased number of residents (schools, GP surgeries, Solihull hospital, drainage, police, fire etc).