Question 16 - Infrastructure Requirements at Hampton In Arden

Total overdevelopment

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Agree

Please find attached Hampton-in-Arden Society's response to the current draft local plan consultation.

Hampton in Arden has almost all the facilities offered by Balsall Common - main line station, far better bus service, good road access both north/south via the A452 but also east/west through Meriden and Solihull, shops and a surgery. The justification for protecting Hampton in Arden at the expense of Balsall Common is false.

Questions 16, 17, 18 and 26 within the plan. I fully support the arguments put forward of the joint working group from Hampton Parish Council and Catherine de Barnes Residents' Association response to the SMBC Draft Local Plan (\Parish Response to SMBC Draft Local Plan January 2019) submitted on 03.02.2019. I do not believe site 16 (Lugtrout Lane) should be included as an allocated site and objections are based on loss of Green Belt, loss of an effective rural gap & defensible boundaries and the inability of local infrastructure to handle the development. I strongly oppose development of site 16.

Questions 16, 17, 18 and 26 within the plan. I fully support the arguments put forward of the joint working group from Hampton Parish Council and Catherine de Barnes Residents' Association response to the SMBC Draft Local Plan (\Parish Response to SMBC Draft Local Plan January 2019) submitted on 03.02.2019. I do not believe site 16 (Lugtrout Lane) should be included as an allocated site and objections are based on loss of Green Belt, loss of an effective rural gap & defensible boundaries and the inability of local infrastructure to handle the development. I strongly oppose development of site 16.

This area has similar facilities to Balsall Common but has been protected from additional development. Why?

Proposals for residential site 6 in Hampton-in-Arden is partly allocated within green belt land, excluding former ammunition depot (brownfield).
No proposals given for additional places at local primary or secondary schools for children.
No consideration has been given to main services to proposed housing, including electricity, gas, water supply, mains drainage, telecommunications.
Some land areas may be located within a flood zone of the River Blythe, and should not be built on.

No. It saddens me to say that I find considerable fault with comments on Catherine-de-Barnes.
The village is a picturesque settlement that I spent a lot of time playing in and around as a child. The nature and character of the settlement has changed significantly since that time. Whilst there is much to be preserved about it, there are factors that will cause it to change more significantly in the future.
Firstly, with HS2 being established in the future, this will be one of the main corridors to the site from Solihull, with the other being via Damson Parkway. Successful development should take place along corridors of growth. Catherine-de-Barnes will either play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of the UK Central interchange, or it will be involved in ensuring it becomes a "park and ride" station.
Currently, the major factor limiting development towards the airport is the retaining of land for potential future expansion of the runway. I am against this happening but recognise that there will most likely need to be development to the northern boundaries of Catherine-de-Barnes as sites are brought foward. Whilst this might appear to be referencing the spatial strategy of the Plan, which is not open for comment in this consultation, it is necessary to reference it as it is laid out in the Supplementary Update.
There is considerable concern in other parts of the Borough that this area is afforded special status that others are not. The rejection of an extra care development was not as warmly received in areas that have taken disproportionate numbers of such developments. This has to be taken in light of the strategic significance of enabling growth to come from HS2. This part of the borough stands to gain more, with greater access and desirable properties for those able to afford commuting to London using HS2. As such it should also contribute in a proportionate amount to the benefit it will receive from future infrastructural improvements.
As such, Catherine-de-Barnes should be making a greater contribution to the housing needs of the Borough. This is not only for strategic reasons pertaining to HS2, but also in ensuring affordability can be achieved elsewhere in the borough. It is clear this location is going to be less able to make such a considerable contribution towards Affordable Housing. However, where it can provide a role is in an insulating capacity from affordability issues arising from HS2. HS2 is expected to push house prices up in the area. It is better that housing demand from HS2 is located in sustainable reach of the Interchange site. This is one of the few settlements that is in realistic access by active transport for HS2.

Why does Hampton in Arden have the statement that it should be protected from excessive development to protect its character when Knowle does not? Knowle should and deserves to have the same protection.

See attached letter. The Open Spaces Society is Britain's oldest national conservation body, founded in
1865. The Society's aim is to protect, increase, enhance and champion open spaces,
common land, village greens and public paths.
Consequently, sections 96 to 98 of the NPPF headed Open space and recreation are
seen of particular importance.
The questions addressed by the Society are those headed Do you agree with the
infrastructure requirements? for each area. These are Questions 3, 11, 16, 19, 22, 25, 29, and 31.
No equivalent question was asked about the UK Central Hub, so a comment has been made in response to Question 44.

Please accept that attached as Catherine De Barnes Residents Association to the Solihull Draft Local Plan Review Consultation . This response is the work of a joint working group comprised members of the RA and Hampton Parish Council.
Although almost identical to the response from Hampton Parish Council we have made a correction to para 6.8 where the word north has been replaced by south and there is an additional para.6.10 .


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We act for the Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police (CCWMP) and are instructed to make representations on local development documents in respect of securing policy reference in such documents
see details in attached letter

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promoting land to the West of Diddington Lane HIA

Please find attached our full representations to the above consultation that are submitted on behalf of William Davis Limited re: land at Station Road Hampton in Arden

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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

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.

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

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

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

see attached document