I am writing with regards to Local Development Plan Site 245.

I raise objections that the site would be no longer be used for, or be available for, sporting or associated purposes. This land is covered by existing legal covenants for sporting activities and an agreement that the freehold of the land would not be sold. Back in 2013 SMBC confirmed that they would not sell the freehold of the land OR lift the covenant on use only as a sporting facility. It is objectionable that SMBC now appear to be back-tracking on this agreement.

Sport is an important part of our local community and removal of sports facilities will be detrimental to Solihull.

Furthermore, any potential development is likely to be excessively dense and out of character with the local area. The development is not likely to include amenity provisions which means additional pressure on already stretched GP facilities and increasing pressure on school places in the local area - particularly on infant schools where there is none in the immediate vicinity.

I also object to the increased traffic that any development will bring. Sharmans Cross road is already heavy with traffic as evidenced by the queues each morning at the junction of Streetsbrook Road and this development would only exacerbate this. The access point into the proposed development land is also very narrow which will result in a dangerous junction onto Sharmans Cross road as evidenced by the RTC that occurred on the evening of the 12/03/19 at this very junction.

I re-iterate that I object to the reclassification of the development land for the reasons stated above.