Comment
Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation
Representation ID: 9913
Received: 15/03/2019
Respondent: Generator (Balsall) & Minton
Agent: DS Planning
Concerns on Green Belt grounds and landscape character sensitivity.
The land has the essential GB character of openness. Open vistas southwards are evident from Dog Kennel Lane.
Development would extend built development out into open countryside.
Constructing a new road to form the Green Belt boundary does not conform to Government policy. Given that the existing field structure does not have a clear contiguous defensible Green Belt boundary to the south, how would coalescence with Cheswick Green be prevented and what impact would there be on openness, developing out into open countryside and impact on landscape character?
This is the response of Generator Group and Minton to the supplementary
consultation by Solihull Council on the Solihull Draft Local Plan January 2019. The
purpose of the response is to comment on the draft Plan and promote the site on land adj Harpers Field, Kenilworth Road Balsall Common for inclusion as a housing
allocation within the Plan. The response is by question order. Whilst we have
responded to each question, the detailed points in relation to our site are set out under question 39 and your attention is specifically drawn to this part of the response. It should be noted the site is developer owned and delivery of the site can therefore come forward early in the plan period