Question 22 - Infrastructure Requirements at Knowle, Dorridge and Bentley Health

See Letter

I attach for the record the Forum's response to the Draft Local Plan Supplementary Consultation

see letter of response re: Knowle sites

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.

see attached document

Please refer to attached documents.
Lichfields is instructed by Heyford Developments Ltd ('Heyford Developments') to respond formally to the Solihull Draft Local Plan Review supplementary consultation (January 2019 - March 2019).

the responses in the attached letter have been made by the Knowle Society

Please find attached a response to various aspects of the supplementary consultation

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

As a resident of Kixley Lane, I would like to make the strongest
possible protest regarding the recent proposals for potential housing
development adjacent to Golden End Farm, which I believe has now been
categorised as Amber.!!

My reasons for making this protest are many. However, some of these are:-

This would be a significant intrusion into the Green Belt.

The impact upon Kixley Lane, both during and after building. ie. Any
access to the site using Kixley Lane during building would be extremely
dificult due to the narrowness of the Lane. At some point after building
there is the possibility of the residents of the the new
developmentwould being given access to the Canal walks with the
potential of destroying what has been an historically attractive
entrance for dog walkers and Ramblers to various scenic walks.

The impact on the village of Knowle, where traffic and parking is
already a growing issue.

Other infrastructure issues like schooling and access to Doctors - both
of which are already overloaded.

All of these issues need to be taken into account or else the whole
character of Knowle could be severely damaged.

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

I am perplexed at the housing number proposed in Knowle Dorridge and Bentley Heath ,and in fact the Borough .
As a result of " duty to cooperate " with neighbouring Birmingham Solihull is allowing itself to be bullied into providing more overspill housing .
It is now recognised that the projected housing requirement nationally is incorrect and less than originally envisaged see the National Office Of Statistics reduction of national number reduced to 248000 from 300000 . The 300000 per annum being the number the Government / James Brokenshire keeps banging on about ,it's a much higher number than is necessary.
Birmingham for their part have reduced the actual number on their housing list significantly and you are not recognising this . I have dicussed this at length with officers in Birmingham .
Please explain why Bromsgrove escapes the " duty to cooperate " . Could it be something to do with who represents them in Parliament ?

The local plan is a complete ignorance of local infrastructure . Arden School has 1500 places in 1-5th years and is at capacity It Can't take 1800 .No new secondary school,capacity envisaged !
The Station current car parking can not cope .NO PLan to alleviate this .
Public transport is not properly assessed in your "plan "

The Doctors are overwhelmed .NO Plan to alleviate this .
In adequate schooling at junior and infant levels . Not thought out !
3 exits onto Warwick road from the proposed Arden Triangle development will relieve Station Road says you document - who thought that one out ? It is completely unrealistic. The A41 through Knowle is the busiest trunk road through a village in the country .See pervious surveys ,only Canned when the M42 was built .

The overdevelopment of Knowle with Hampton Road will create an enormous traffic jam at rush hour times with no consideration of the extra traffic caused by the envisaged developments .

There has been no assessment of the extra load being imposed on M42 by the developments that will inevitably feed onto the motorway ,let alone the possibilities caused by Arden Cross and HS2 .

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

Site 413 - Development on this scale in addition to what is already planned would destroy the very fabric and charm that is Dorridge village. Infrastructure would be crippled and the additional traffic created would cause a significant health and safety risk. Much green belt land would be lost, hedgerows destroyed as well as many mature oak trees, which would affect wildlife. Inevitably property prices would be adversely affected in surrounding areas, causing hardship to many. With 950 units already in the plan, I consider KDBH have accommodated more than their fair share of housing development in the Birmingham area.
see letter submitted

Please find attached a representation to the Solihull Draft Local Plan Review Supplementary Consultation, made on behalf of L&Q Estates. This representation relates to Land at Four Ashes Road, Dorridge, and comprises the following attached documents:

* Consultation Response Document
* Representations Report, dated February 2017 (Appendix 3)
* Vision Document, dated February 2017 (Appendix 4)
* Un-met Housing Need and Duty-to-Cooperate (Appendix 5)

Road infrastructure is a major concern. Already have significant traffic congestion in Knowle and surrounding area. Arden School has increased its intake from 8 to 10 forms, but only require 8 to satisfy the local community. A large number of pupils are from outside KDBH many from Birmingham postcodes. I cannot see that we require all the facilities Arden propose - we have an adequate Theatre in Solihull and plenty of gyms etc. Concerns that other schools in area will be neglected as funds will be concentrated on this ambitious plan.

I support only if the second concept is adopted. I.e relocating and building a new Arden Academy. If we are to build 600 new homes on green belt land there MUST be a benefit for the local community. The current school is not fit for modern day teaching and compared to other local authority schools is way behind the times. We cannot keep building new homes without improving the local amenities. Schools being one of the biggest concerns.

see attached document

I object to the proposal to extend the Greenbelt on the land at Golden End Farm.
I believe that the existing Greenbelt boundary should be maintained and that the infrastructure does not provide for such an increase in housing on this already busy road.
Furthermore, I don't believe that Knowle as a village has the capacity to cope with such a large influx of residents.
It is very important to maintain the village as a village and such an increase along with the already agreed expansion would significantly impact negatively on the village.