I am writing to register my objections to the proposed inclusion of the Sharmans Cross Road Rugby Ground in the LDP.

This land is subject to a covenant to protect it as a sports facility for the people of Solihull and I demand that Solihull Council uphold the covenant and retain the facility for sporting purposes in line with the 2013 All Party Policy on the rugby Ground.

It is astonishing that the Council has allowed the current lessors to deliberately prevent the facility from being used by local clubs and to breach the terms of their lease without challenge. Solihull needs all of its sporting facilities and steps should be taken to ensure the land is used for the purposes it was intended.

The plans to build 67/100 houses is totally out of keeping with the surrounding area in terms of density and scale.

The adjacent roads already suffer with flooding and traffic congestion in the rush hour and around school finishing times and the site would only make these matters worse.

It would destroy valuable green space for this and future generations and have an impact on the mature trees, some of which have tree preservation orders.

The damage to the surrounding area of such a dense and inappropriate development cannot be overstated.

The land should be removed from the LDP and Solihull Council should act immediately to ensure the Covenant is protected and the terms of the lease are enforced.