Question 14 - Site 12 - Land South of Dog Kennel Lane

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Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9375

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Mr. James McBride

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Representation Summary:

Lack of a clear defensible physical boundary and concern that there will be pressure for further development to south, as shown on the promoter's masterplan submission for site 26. Site needs to be assessed consistently with other sites rejected for lack of physical boundaries.
Severely compromises Green Belt purposes a to c.
Site should be re-evaluated and doubtful that stated capacity is realistic.

Full text:

See letters 1-4

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Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9603

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Dickens Heath Residents Association

Representation Summary:

This is adjacent to our Parish and impacts onto the main Dickens Heath traffic access. This site if included would need significant traffic attenuation measures.

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Ref. Solihull Draft Local Plan Review - Supplementary Consultation January 2019
The Dickens Heath Residents Association welcomes the reduction in planned housing numbers on site 4 and deletion of site 13 with its access onto the B3102 Tanworth Lane Traffic Islands.

However based on the feedback from residents and the lack of information on addressing the existing traffic and infrastructure issues plus very widespread strong objections by the village to the Masterplan proposals to site 4 West of Dickens Heath we are objecting to the inclusion of this site.

In terms of the questionnaire we would respond to the relevant Questions as follows.

Scope of the consultation and overall assessment - while this indicates the objectives of the review when viewed in context it does not address the concerns raised by residents over existing well known traffic congestion issues and an inadequate rural highway network.

Dickens Heath Residents Association therefor strongly object to the Masterplan proposals for site 4.

A petition is being submitted to Solihull Council by Councillor Hawkins indicating some 1150 residents have lodged objection to site 4 in addition to a significant number of Emailed objections submitted to the Parish Council. We have also attended recent meetings at which the proposals have been presented and discussed and noted the level of objection and lack of any public support for the proposal at site 4.

Q 4 Blythe Infrastructure - its indicated highway improvements are only likely to be needed and off-street parking improvements at Dickens Heath only may be needed which does nothing to reassure residents that if site 4 were to be approved and included the council would provide the necessary infrastructure.
On sports and recreation lost provision is indicated as would be replaced but there are no sites indicated in the site 4 Masterplan.
The residents association regard it as a key priority that any future redevelopment ensures the existing sports grounds are retained within site 4

Q12 Site 4 Land West of Dickens Heath - while noting the councils laudable intentions to protect landscape features residents cannot be expected to support the inclusion of site 4 by writing a blank cheque for the proposed housing numbers given the experience of the totally inadequate highway infrastructure provided for the original Dickens Heath village as against its concept plan.
While it is understood that issues of highways and parking will be brought forward it is not possible to envisage how any satisfactory highway scheme could be implemented that would address both the proposed housing and ameliorate the existing congestion issues.

In respect of relocating the long established sports grounds for Old Yardleians Rugby Club, Highgate United FC, and Leafield FC these clubs have significant local support and the Residents Association would require alternative provision to an adequate standard within site 4.
The Residents Association is strongly opposed to an alternative more remote location into green belt countryside elsewhere.

Q14 Site 12 Land South of Dog Kennel Lane - this is adjacent to our Parish and impacts onto the main Dickens Heath traffic access. This site if included would need significant traffic attenuation measures.

Q34 Washed over green belt settlements - the Residents Association support the policy proposals at Whitlock's End and Cheswick Green subject to careful assessment of flooding issues at Cheswick Green sites.

Q38 Amber Sites - the Residents Association support the review and inclusion of all the Amber Sites as proposed.

Q40, 41, 42 & 43 Affordable Housing Policy - the Residents Association supports the retention of the existing unit number policy for measuring affordable housing provision.

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Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9613

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Worcestershire County Council

Representation Summary:

The Solihull Draft Local Plan sets out proposed development on the west of
Solihull covering the Dickens Heath and Shirley areas, which are referenced as
the Blythe Area and listed for future development as site 4 (West of Dickens
Heath - 350 dwellings), site 11 (The Green - 640 dwellings), site 12 (South of
Dog Kennel Lane - 1,000 dwellings) and site 26 (Whitlock's End - 300
dwellings). These sites are of particular interest to WCC's Children, Families and
Communities directorate due to the locality of the sites and the current and
potential migration of pupils between Worcestershire and Solihull.

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Worcestershire County Council (WCC) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the above consultation, and provides the attached officer-only comments. We are currently seeking endorsement of these comments by WCC's Cabinet Member with responsibility for Economy and Infrastructure, and will provide confirmation of this endorsement as soon as possible.

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Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9652

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Mr & Mrs Michael & Marion Joyce

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Representation Summary:

Lack of a clear defensible physical boundary and concern that there will be pressure for further development to south, as shown on the promoter's masterplan submission for site 26. Site needs to be assessed consistently with other sites rejected for lack of physical boundaries.
Severely compromises Green Belt purposes a to c.
Site should be re-evaluated and doubtful that stated capacity is realistic.

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On behalf of our Client Mrs M Joyce, we now formally submit on her behalf representations in connection with the Draft Solihull Local Plan Review Supplementary Consultation.

The key question raised in the DSLPRSC is Question 39, which offers
an opportunity for our client to confirm she wishes her site to be included and the
reasons for that. In addition, this representation also addresses the following
questions: 2, 7, 14, 15, 17, 18, 23, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 39 and 44.

see letter attached

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Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9677

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Kendrick Homes Ltd

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Representation Summary:

Lack of a clear defensible physical boundary and concern that there will be pressure for further development to south, as shown on the promoter's masterplan submission for site 26. Site needs to be assessed consistently with other sites rejected for lack of physical boundaries.
Severely compromises Green Belt purposes a to c.
Site should be re-evaluated and doubtful that stated capacity is realistic.

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We write on behalf of our Client, Kendrick Homes Limited, who have an interest in land to the north side of School Road, Hockley Heath - referred to as Land adjacent 84 School Road (Site Ref: 49) within the Council's current Draft Solihull Local Plan Review Supplementary Consultation (DSLPRSC).
see details in attached letter

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Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9686

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Belle Homes Ltd

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Representation Summary:

Lack of a clear defensible physical boundary and concern that there will be pressure for further development to south, as shown on the promoter's masterplan submission for site 26. Site needs to be assessed consistently with other sites rejected for lack of physical boundaries.
Severely compromises Green Belt purposes a to c.
Site should be re-evaluated and doubtful that stated capacity is realistic.

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We write on behalf of our Client, Belle Homes Limited in respect of Land to the rear of 575a to 601 Tanworth Lane and Numbers 587 to 601 Tanworth Lane, Cheswick Green, Solihull B90 4JE. This letter is submitted in response to the current Draft Solihull Local Plan Review Supplementary Consultation (DSLPRSC
See detail in attached letter

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Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9702

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Landowners Wootton Green Lane

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Representation Summary:

Lack of a clear defensible physical boundary and concern that there will be pressure for further development to south, as shown on the promoter's masterplan submission for site 26. Site needs to be assessed consistently with other sites rejected for lack of physical boundaries.
Severely compromises Green Belt purposes a to c.
Site should be re-evaluated and doubtful that stated capacity is realistic.

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We write on behalf of our various Clients, who jointly own land described below:
Proposed Allocated Housing Site 22 - Trevallion Stud, Wootton Green
Lane, Balsall Common CV7 7BQ
Also including consideration of land west of No. 32 Wootton Green Lane Site
Reference 160
see detail in attached letter

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Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9769

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Terry Clayson

Representation Summary:

Any green breathing space will be taken away from the area and traffic will be considerably increased. This will result in more traffic being shunted onto the A34 and surrounding roads which will be exacerbated by traffic from a proposed school. The meaningful gap between the urban area and Cheswick Green will be further eroded.
There will be significant pressure on schools, congestion, pollution and flooding.

Full text:

See Letter

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Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9775

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Mrs Brenda Clayson

Representation Summary:

Any green breathing space will be taken away from the area and traffic will be considerably increased. This will result in more traffic being shunted onto the A34 and surrounding roads which will be exacerbated by traffic from a proposed school. The meaningful gap between the urban area and Cheswick Green will be further eroded.
There will be significant pressure on schools, congestion, pollution and flooding.

Full text:

See Letter

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Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9863

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Historic England- West Midlands Region

Representation Summary:

The Heritage Impact Assessment will help inform consideration of the site's suitability in principle and an appropriate design response to satisfy national policy.
Acknowledge the merit of the Draft Concept Masterplanning exercise and how the local authority considers potential future development might respond to the affected heritage assets.
The local authority must demonstrate that it has:
-taken sufficient account of the evidence base to avoid or minimise harm to the significance of the affected heritage assets
-attached great weight to the conservation of those assets, and
-had due regard to the desirability of preserving the setting of those listed buildings.

Full text:

see attached document

Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9913

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Generator (Balsall) & Minton

Agent: DS Planning

Representation Summary:

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?

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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

Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 9960

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Rosconn Stategic Land

Agent: DS Planning

Representation Summary:

Concerns on Green Belt grounds and landscape character sensitivty.
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?

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This is the response of Rosconn Strategic Land to the supplementary consultation by
Solihull Council on the Solihull Draft Local Plan January 2019. The purpose of the
response is to comment the draft Plan and promote three sites for inclusion as
housing allocations within the plan. The response is by question order.
The 3 sites are:
Land at Three Maypoles Farm Shirley
Land at r/o 2214 Stratford Road Hockley Heath
Land adj 161 Lugtrout Lane Solihull

The responses on the three sites to the Solihull Draft Local Plan 2016 consultation
are attached and which highlight the reasons why the sites should be allocations
within the Local Plan.

This document should also be read in conjunction with the Ecology Report and
Heritage Assessment in relation to land adj to 161 Lugtrout Lane, Solihull.
Your attention is also drawn to the attached Masterplan for land r/o 2214 Stratford
Road Hockley Heath.

Not withstanding that this is an informal consultation we consider that the document
should be accompanied by an up to date SA.

Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 10000

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Stonewater

Agent: DS Planning

Representation Summary:

Concerns on Green Belt grounds and landscape character sensitivty.
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?

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This is the response of Stonewater to the supplementary consultation by Solihull
Council on the Solihull Draft Local Plan January 2019. The purpose of the response is
to comment the draft Plan and promote the site at the Firs Maxstoke Lane (west of
Meriden proposed allocation site 10) for inclusion as a housing allocation within the
Plan. The response is by question order.
The original response to the Solihull Draft Local Plan 2016 consultation is also
attached which highlights the reasons why the site should be an allocation within the
Local Plan (Site Ref 137).

see detailed comment in attached letter

Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 10040

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Mr T Khan

Agent: DS Planning

Representation Summary:

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?

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This is the response of Mr Taj Khan, Sid Kelly and John Green 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 at 15,
59, & 61 Jacobean Lane Knowle for inclusion as a housing allocation within the Plan
and land north of Jacobean Lane being removed from the Green Belt and to support
the removal of land from the Green Belt to rectify anomalies and for consistency.
See detail response in attached letter and appendices

Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 10082

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Minton (CdeB) Ltd

Agent: DS Planning

Representation Summary:

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?

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This is the response of Minton to the supplementary consultation by Solihull Council
on the Solihull Draft Local Plan January 2019. The purpose of the response is to
comment the draft Plan and promote the site at Oak Farm Catherine de Barnes for
inclusion as a housing allocation within the Plan. The response is by question order.
The original response to the Solihull Draft Local Plan 2016 consultation is also
attached which highlights the reasons why the full Oak Farm site should be an
allocation within the Local Plan. We have also carried out our own Green Belt
Assessment a copy of which is attached

Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 10127

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Councillor K Hawkins

Number of people: 1302

Representation Summary:

Online petition of 1302 signatures submitted objecting to Site 12.
Site will see the development of 1,000 homes, and built on land that is commonly known as "Light Hall Farm".
This site is configured with Site 11 (primarily brownfield / commercial land.)
The already gridlocked roads of Dog Kennel Lane and Tanworth Lane already witness severe congestion at peak times and there is a serious burden on the area already seeing substantial development - BVP, Cheswick Green, Dickens Heath as well as commercial developments in the area.
The immediate area as well as Shirley in general will not be able to cope with the extra traffic this development will bring.
In addition Cheswick Green witnessed severe flooding in March and May 2018 and the risk of adding to the flooding problem is high.

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online petition of 1302 signatures submitted objecting to Allocation 12 of the LDP Review

This site , which will see the development of 1,000 homes , will be built on land that is commonly known as "Light Hall Farm" This site configured with site 11 (TRW/The Green and Stratford Road)which is primarily brownfield / commercial land.
The already gridlocked roads of Dog Kennel Lane and Tanworth Lane already witness severe congestion at peak times and there is a serious burden on the area already seeing substantial development -BVP, Cheswick Green ,Dickens Heath as well as commercial developments in the area. The immediate area as well as Shirley in general will not be able to cope with the extra traffic this development will bring . In addition Cheswick Green witnessed severe flooding in March and May 2018 and the risk of adding to the flooding problem is high .

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Support

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 10169

Received: 15/03/2019

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey

Agent: Lichfields

Representation Summary:

Agree that site should be allocated for housing and that it could deliver in the order of 1,200 dwellings, commencing early in Plan period.

Concept masterplan
Green belt boundary should not be defined by new road but use existing physical features such as Tanworth Lane and a combination of landform, vegetation and field boundaries. Agree importance of GI links through site, and provision of country park. Recognise importance of listed building and need to balance development and setting. Seek flexibility on school location. Propose network of walking/cycling routes and provision of priority junctions along Dog Kennel Lane.

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We write on behalf of our client Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd (TW), with regards to the Supplementary Consultation document and Concept Masterplan for Site 12
.As you are aware, Taylor Wimpey own much of the land in the Proposed Housing Allocation 12 South of Dog Kennel Lane, Shirley. Taylor Wimpey therefore fully support the allocation of the site for residential development and can confirm that housing development at this site is deliverable. The site is well located to
shops, employment, public transport and schools and is therefore in a highly sustainable location.
To support the allocation and to demonstrate how this can deliver a new sustainable community, we include an updated Development Statement for Site 12 (Appendix 1) prepared on behalf of Taylor Wimpey. This clearly sets out how a masterplan for this site, prepared for Taylor Wimpey, has evolved to address all of the constraints and opportunities. In addition, the following technical reports have been provided in support of the allocation:
* Ecology Technical Note prepared by EDP (Appendix 2)
* Green Belt Position Note prepared by EDP (Appendix 3)
* Flood Risk Scoping Note prepared by BWB Consulting (Appendix 4)
* Transport Report prepared by Vectos (Appendix 5)
The Heritage Assessment will be finalised on receipt of the SMBC report currently being prepared.
Overall, we consider that a housing allocation at this site could deliver in the order of 1,200 new homes together with associated social and physical infrastructure and public open space within a well landscaped and high quality designed masterplan.

Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 10175

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Mr P Benton and Mr T Neary

Agent: Tyler Parkes Partnership Ltd

Representation Summary:

Lack of a clear defensible physical boundary and concern that there will be pressure for further development to south, as shown on the promoter's masterplan submission for site 26. Site needs to be assessed consistently with other sites rejected for lack of physical boundaries.
Severely compromises Green Belt purposes a to c.
Site should be re-evaluated and doubtful that stated capacity is realistic.

Full text:

See Letters

Object

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 10209

Received: 07/03/2019

Respondent: Chris Moore

Representation Summary:

Object, as the area simply can not cope with anymore houses or cars/traffic. Area has already provided significant growth at Cheswick Green, Blythe Valley, Dickens Heath. Proposal will join Cheswick Green to Shirley.

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I live in cheswick green and have just read about the possibility of the council allowing developers to build on site 12. I think it's an absolute disgrace. Please try driving down creynolds lane or dog kennel lane. The traffic is horrendous today I left the village and I was stuck in stationary traffic at the traffic light junction to join the Stratford rd for 20 minutes this was at 10.30. There was no accident just sheer number of cars on the road. The area simply can not cope with anymore houses or cars/traffic were bursting already. Cheswick green has already done more than enough for housing for the borough. With cheswick place Blythe valley the horrendous toy town of Dickens's heath. Something needs to be done to stop them joining cheswick green to Shirley. This plan 12 is a joke. I understand filling in the Stratford rd site which I think is plan 11. But that's enough. And a possible service station off junction 4 really?? Does anyone ever drive around these areas from the council the Stratford rd is horrendously congested all the time let alone more traffic to use a service station. The thing is there is a Tesco petrol station just off the island so what is the need for a full on service station?? Also a macDonald's!!! Plan 12 needs to be scrapped completely!! There's no infrastructure in cheswick green to cope with anymore. Surely the best solution to developing more houses has to be around the airport and the new Birmingham interchange hs2 station!! Where the infrastructure can be built from scratch roads big enough etc plus people won't need cars as much around there because of the 2 train stations and more than ample bus services. Surely building as many houses apartments around the Birmingham nec complex is the answer specially with all the leisure activities and transport options. Places like cheswick green knowle dorridge are been destroyed by building too many houses with not enough infrastructure. Build as many and as much around a transport hub as possible. For Blythe valley and cheswick place to get permission to build over a 1000 homes with a single bus service is crazy. Solihull will just become a traffic nightmare even more. Surely maximising the housing supply around a transport hub makes sense. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Just hope the council sees sense and stops the plan 12

Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 10323

Received: 02/05/2019

Respondent: Environment Agency

Representation Summary:

This site lies partially within Flood Zones 2 and 3. In light of this the Sequential Test should be undertaken to demonstrate there are no alternative sites available at a lower risk of flooding. A level 2 SFRA should be undertaken to support this allocation. The Mount Brook (Main River) is a tributary of the River Blythe which flows through Cheswick Green. There are known flooding problems through the village. The recent residential development at Mount Dairy Farm provided some flood storage, however further upstream storage is required to reduce the risk in Cheswick Green. We therefore recommend that an additional requirement 'to provide flood attenuation to reduce the risk of flooding in Cheswick Green' is added to the Plan. This area has known flooding issues and Solihull MBC as the LLFA are investigating potential options to reduce flood risk within Cheswick Green, as a result the LLFA should be allowed to comment further regarding this as any development in this location could provide flood storage and should help reduce flood risk downstream. We recommend that a Level 2 SFRA is undertaken to consider how development in this area could alleviate existing flood risk issues.

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Thank you for referring the above consultation which we received on 30 January 2019. We apologise we have been unable to respond prior to now, and hope that you are still able to take our comments into account as the plan develops.
We have reviewed the above consultation document which is dated January 2019 and note the inclusion of additional sites for consideration for allocation.
We welcome the inclusion of Flood Risk as a potential 'Hard' issue in the site selection criteria as identified on page 18 and 19. We further recommend that Water Quality is added to the footnote in this section, with particular referenced to River Blythe's SSSI status. Further to this page 29 looks at what is required for the Blythe in the future and protection and enhancement of water quality should be included. Please see attached letter for our advice with regards to your site allocations, which incorporates comments previously provided, and adds additional comments in relation to your new sites. These comments should be used in preference to those previously provided as they have been updated

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