1. I support the comments of the KDBH forum neighbourhood plan response dated 12.02.19.

2. Additionally I believe in particular spatial strategy needs updating. This Plan update / review is characterised by a slow eating up of the green-belt by piecemeal identification of sites for housing. If council want to meet new build targets and they recognise that it is difficult to find land within the Borough which is suitable for development, but which is not green belt what is the council doing, for example as suggested by NPPF in conjunction with others, to identify ways to meet these targets in other locations, rather than lose greenbelt in this way.

3. Para 215 of this document regarding Knowle states "as such it is well placed to accommodate growth in excess of just its own local needs". This statement is not explained. Comments elsewhere by myself and the KDBH forum neighbourhood plan response suggest that for example infrastructure concerns could put severe constraints on Knowle's ability to support large-scale housing development. At the same time these may conflict with the green belt & heritage aims of SMBC's Plan to preserve certain of the characteristic aspects of this village and its physical separation from other parts of Solihull borough.