No

Draft Local Plan Review

Representation ID: 981

Received: 11/02/2017

Respondent: Colin Davis

Representation Summary:

more pie in the sky words. i dont believe letting developers knock down large houses in the mature suburbs to infill the back gardens with extra houses with tiny gardens, or worse all those too expensive to buy retirement apartment blocks is a form of regenerating and enhancing a leafy surburb . if the transport strategy is just to make driving a worse experience and force through cycle lanes then it will never work. by your own admission Solihull has an aging population who are unlikely to start cycling they need safe and reliable public transport

Full text:

more pie in the sky words. i dont believe letting developers knock down large houses in the mature suburbs to infill the back gardens with extra houses with tiny gardens, or worse all those too expensive to buy retirement apartment blocks is a form of regenerating and enhancing a leafy surburb . if the transport strategy is just to make driving a worse experience and force through cycle lanes then it will never work. by your own admission Solihull has an aging population who are unlikely to start cycling they need safe and reliable public transport