Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 7908

Received: 13/03/2019

Respondent: Mr John Hornby

Representation Summary:

The findings of the Crestwood Environmental Landscape and Visual appraisal of the Arden triangle development (commissioned by the KDBH Neighbourhood Forum and published in January 2019) is new evidence that the Council needs to take into account as it develops proposals to be included in the next version of the Local Plan. In particular, the Council should adopt the report's proposal that the public right of way that runs east-west some 300m north of Grove Road should be the "natural limit to development" in this area.

Full text:

The Arden Triangle development proposition seems to be driving a major, strategic land release to the east of Knowle and Dorridge yet it is in itself questionable, as evidenced by the weight of arguments put against it when the Draft Local Plan was published and, more recently by the findings of the Crestwood Environmental Landscape & Visual appraisal of it commissioned by the KDBH Neighbourhood Forum and published in January 2019, that is after the Supplementary Consultation documents were agreed. Therefore this is new evidence that the Council needs to take into account as it considers responses to the Supplementary Consultation and in the developing of policies and proposals to be included in the next version of the Local Plan. The report recommends that that the public right of way that runs east-west some 300m north of Grove Road as the "natural limit to development" in this area. This should be taken into account in masterplanning this site.