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Representation ID: 9566

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Richard Cobb Planning

Golden End Farm, Kenilworth Road, Knowle (ref A4 or site 59 in the call for sites/SHELAA) should be omitted.

While the site is close to the centre of Knowle it falls within a Green Belt parcel that scores very highly (overall score 11) and would result in the village encroaching via a projection into the open countryside to the east without any form of 'rounding off'. Apart from an access from Kenilworth Road, Kixley Lane is a narrow road diminishing in width at its far end. the release of the site for housing would destroy the important approach to Knowle from the east when entering from open countryside.
A combination of other smaller sites around the KDBH community could achieve 250 dwellings in a less destructive way and be better integrated into the community