The requirements listed are insufficient for the needs of the existing area, without the additional houses (in excess of 1,700) planned.

Balsall Common Primary School was built as a two form entry Primary School, and at that time was considered one of the best in the Borough. Since then it has doubled in size - despite assurances from the current headteacher, there are now three academic years at the school that have admitted four forms, and it breaches modern educational and safety standards in every way.

Heart of England is now admitting 8 forms, with student numbers of 34-36 per form, representing 280 children per year. This means that at any one time there are over 1,400 young people trying to move around a school built for less than 800 - and that does not include the Sixth Form.

Accidents happen in the village on a daily basis, whether it is drivers impatiently forcing their way through Balsall Street East and Gypsy Lane and hitting other cars due to the school-run traffic chaos; people speeding up the Kenilworth Road and failing to obey the rules of the road at traffic lights, or backing out and hitting cars at the shops, the infrastructure here cannot cope with the current circumstances, with the latest builds. Bringing so many additional residents will make the area unlivable without a comprehensive full Community Development Plan that looks at the entire current needs, and then plans for the increase of another 4,000 people, rather than a "make do and fix" approach as outlined here.