Object
Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation
Representation ID: 8114
Received: 14/03/2019
Respondent: Mrs Felicity Wheeler
SMBC may have to release land from Green Belt status but the main purpose of Green Belt to stop urban sprawl between settlements must be paramount. The advent of HS2 is not a reason to release land from Green Belt otherwise the whole length of the line would be built on.
The methodology purports to be objective but its application is subjective and inconsistent.
Sites are judged in isolation with no consideration given to the cumulative effects on loss of green belt especially in the narrowest part of the Meriden Gap.
SMBC may have to release land from Green Belt status but the main purpose of Green Belt to stop urban sprawl between settlements must be paramount. The advent of HS2 is not a reason to release land from Green Belt otherwise the whole length of the line would be built on.
The methodology purports to be objective but its application is subjective and inconsistent.
Sites are judged in isolation with no consideration given to the cumulative effects on loss of green belt especially in the narrowest part of the Meriden Gap.