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Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 8317

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: John Robbins

Representation Summary:

- 38% of the Solihull Borough current plan is in Blythe Valley.
- 2050 New houses = 4,000 more cars
- Congestion in Shirley
- Limited parking at stations
- Places at Schools
- G.P. capacity - will add additional pressure
- Removal of sports ground for the young/youth of Blythe valley
- Loss of access to Green Belt
- Increase in traffic will lead to more emissions and pollution
- Flooding

Suggestions
- Allocation 13 changed from Public Open Space status to Nature Reserve
- Improvements to Public Transport

Full text:

My concerns are as follows:-
Currently 38% of the Solihull Borough housing proposal is in Blythe Valley which remains disproportionate and unacceptable given the size of the borough. .
2050 new houses will bring around 4,000 more cars or higher and therefore more congestion in Shirley and limited parking at public areas, shopping areas and our stations.
A stretch on places at schools and G.P. capacity.
It removes sports grounds for the young/youth of Blythe valley causing a major problem when people/kids should be encouraged to be more active. There is no proposal to replace like for like facilities.
Loss of access to Green Belt, again many people use this space to walk to be healthy or take the dog for a walk - me and my family are included in that.
It is not sustainable and will create more pollution due to vehicle emissions and house emissions - which are already higher from domestic proprieties than they should be according to a recent news article.
Also flooding - we saw some major flooding in this area last April - 2018 which with more properties would only add to this issue.

Items to be considered are as follows:-
Allocation 13 changed from public open space status to nature reserve.
Improvements to public transport.