Policy HA2 - Oak Farm, Catherine-de-Barnes

No development of any kind should be proposed for the current green belt, there is an area of brown field site which could accommodate part development, but family housing would continue to be unsuitable due to the lack of facilities. More information should be provided regarding volumes and management of traffic through the village, particularly regarding the narrow canal bridge and blind spot on the Hampton side of the bridge. More information should be given about how the village could sustain such an influx of people. And there should be a proper community engagement.

I fully support the objections submitted by the Hampton In Arden PC and Catherine-De-Barnes Residents Association.
To add, I don't feel there's been community involvement for this policy. Whilst I've been able to make a submission regarding the Care Home proposal on this site, I've not been able to comment about a housing proposal or removing this land from the green belt. This plot is the gateway to Catherine-De- Barnes and as such should be protected. It's been noted in the past that this plot is unsuitable for family housing and nothing has changed since that date, particularly regarding schools.

Policy HA2 should be restricted to housing for older and disabled people

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Dear Sirs

Solihull Local Plan Site 16 and Site 24

We would like to have objections noted to the proposed development site 16 on Lugtrout lane and the land North of Lugtrout Lane and Oak Farm site 24.

This is GREEN BELT land known as the the Catney Gap and would if built on lead to the loss of the rural gap between Solihull and rural Catherine de Barnes. It will leave no real defensible boundries to protect our precious green belt or to the wild life that absolutely needs protecting.

Lugtrout Lane is a country lane with no footpath lighting or proper drainage and is susceptible to flooding as the water table is high. There is already considerable usage of the lane by workers at the Land Rover Plant, This, at times can lead to traffic jams and speeding. It is extremely dangerous to walk at anytime in the Lane.

Much of the said land is presently used agricultural farm land. The sports fields at the other end of the site will become unsustainable.
There are at times, problems caused by cars being parked in Lugtrout lane when there are football matches on.This can only compound the problem with traffic from the housing development.

The plans do not include any new infrastructure to cope with the obvious extra traffic. No new Doctors surgery or schools!!!
Yew Tree lane Doctors surgery is already at capacity and no plans for new local schools.

Catherine de Barnes is now part of Hampton in Arden Parish. There are multiple threats from HS2 and the M42 junction 6 and the MSA. Together with the proposed high density housing on Oak Farm we can only assume there is to be multi-storey housing or packed in terraced property. There is insufficient parking spaces and as we all know the public transport is extremely in adequate. This land was originally proposed for use as a home for the elderly. This would be an option and would cause less impact on the local infrastructure.

Please consider these proposals very carefully. Once the GREEN BELT is built on its lost forever along with natures habitat.


Yours truly

John & Sue McMahon


11 Oakfields Way
Catherine de Barnes
Solihull
B91 2TR

HA2 Oak Farm is a sensite location. It has been the subject of numerous speculative planning applications in the past. It should be linked to the proposal for S01. Justification for proposed developments of this site have failed to describe how the possible 95 dwellings possibly increased with the development of land adjoining Friday Lane would impact on the community and infrastructure of Catherine de Barnes.

Described as a Brownfield Site, Oak Farm is not derelict and is a place of employment. Its potential as a site for small scale starter light industrial use has not been explored. The balance between additional housing and emploment was not considered sufficiently.

The context of another large Continuing Care Retirement Community needs to be linked to other "Retirement Schemes" Eg. Eastcote Park.

Quote 4: The Concept Masterplan document should be read alongside this policy. Whilst the Concept Masterplans may be subject to change in light of further work that may need to be carried out at the planning application stage, any significant departure from the principles outlined for Site HA2 will need to be justified and demonstrate that the overall objectives for the site and its wider context are not compromised.

1. Allocate HA2 for a care facility development

I write as the Committee Member of the Hampton Society with responsibility for planning matters and regarding the Societies response to the consultation on the Draft Local Plan.

The Society always cooperates closely with Hampton-in-Arden Parish Council on all planning issues and our response to the draft local plan is no exception. Consequently I would be grateful if you could accept this email as the formal response of the Society which is to fully agree with and support the responses already submitted by the Parish Council and which is attached.

See Attached Letter.

Site HA2 is not considered to be suitable and Land off Old Station Road should be allocated for residential development whether in place of or as well as site HA2.

Dear Sir / Madam,

Please find attached representations submitted on behalf of William Davis Ltd (WDL) in relation to their site at Land off Old Station Road, Hampton in Arden in response to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council’s Draft Submission Plan Consultation. This submission takes the form of the attached multiple submission response form (Document Ref. 'Solihull R19 Plan Representations - Define Planning and Design obo William Davis Ltd - Land off Old Station Road, Hampton in Arden (083 MR 141220)' that sets out WDL’s position in relation to the Draft Submission Plan and the policies set out within, as well as the associated Vision Document that is referred to within those representations (Document Ref. '083 Land off Station Road, Hampton in Arden Vision Document RS').

I would be most grateful if you could confirm safe receipt of this email and its attachments by return email.

Kind regards

See attachments. LAND AT JACOBEAN LANE, KNOWLE

Dear Solihull PSP

I would like to put forward my comments and concerns regarding the wide ranging proposals outlined in your ''2020 Vision for Solihull’’ document.

Whilst i fully understand and accept the need for the council to have to meet a variety of challenges and demands around housing, support for businesses and of course the environmental impacts. The sheer size and scope of the proposals is very concerning and if implemented I suggest will completely destroy the ‘’Town in the Country’’ image that Solihull is so well known for and so greatly treasured by its residents (and I would expect, by Solihull council).

The proposals if they go ahead will surely just turn the borough into a huge urban sprawl that will be indistinguishable from the neighbouring city of Birmingham?

The two particularly areas of concern for me and I suspect most of the Damson Parkway and Catherine De Barnes residents, are as follows:

1, The number and size of the proposed housing developments, particularly those proposed for sites in Catherine De Barnes and Lug-Trout Lane. Some 795 new homes in what have always been quiet rural or semi-rural locations and will completely dominate those locations.
POLICY HA2 and POLICY S01

2, The proposed relocation of the Bickenhill Waste disposal site to the corner of Damson Parkway and the A45 Coventry Rd. POLICY UK2

This proposal is problematic for the following reasons:

- the environmental impact, noise and disruption in the construction of such a site. No doubt this will be a signifiant development with many months of major construction works.
- the destruction of yet more valuable green belt land, which is in short supply and which the council claims to hold so sacred!
- the noise and pollution that this site will bring when it becomes operational, particularly from heavy vehicles entering and leaving the site
- the traffic chaos that will be caused by traffic using the site having to compete for limited road space with JLR factory traffic and that from the soon to be opened JLR logistics centre. Traffic chaos already exists at JLR shift changeover times and on match days for the Solihull Moors Football Club.

Bringing the waste site to Damson Parkway will be a complete disaster for the local residents who have already had to endure 18 months of pollution and disruption from the construction of the JLR Logistics centre. Which is yet to open and will no doubt cause severe traffic problems of its own.

It will also completely destroy the semi-rural nature of the area by effectively turning what was a residential housing estate near the Land Rover Factory, into a major industrial area.

It seems that Residents of the Damson Parkway estate will be under fire from 2 major developments to the North and West.

There must be other more viable options than to bring a major industrial facility to an already congested Residential area?

I strongly urge the planning and delivery directorate decision makers to reconsider their proposals, particularly with regard to the relocation of the Bickenhill Waste site and Moat Lane Depot to Damson Parkway.
Such sites should surely be located away from residential areas and be contained within or adjacent to an already established industrial estate?

I therefore wish to register my objections to Policies HA2, S01 and UK2, in the strongest possible terms.

Regards


Gerald Hudson

See attachment

- An additional sub-paragraph to be included under Paragraph “Development of this site should be consistent with the principles of the Concept Masterplan for this site, which includes the following”:
‘Create a place which is safe with a strong sense of identity, incorporating high quality design which meets ‘Secured by Design’ standards to reduce crime and the fear of crime and to this end applicants are encouraged to engage with the West Midlands Crime Prevention Advisor at the earliest opportunity.’

- An additional sub-paragraph to be included Paragraph “Likely infrastructure requirements will include”:
Developer contributions to Police infrastructure to ensure an appropriate level of service can be maintained so that crime and disorder, and the fear of crime, do not undermine the quality of life or community cohesion.

See attached representations forms

The policy should reference the significant archaeological potential of this area and highlight that, prior to the submission of any planning application, a detailed archaeological assessment, including evaluative fieldwork, should be undertaken. It should further advise that results of the assessment should inform the development of a strategy, if appropriate, to mitigate the potential archaeological impact of the proposed development and that this strategy may include designing the development to avoid impacting any archaeological features present which are worthy of conservation.

This will help to ensure that any application is submitted with sufficient archaeological information to enable a reasoned and informed planning decision to be made.

As highlighted on pg. 19 of the 2020 Archaeological Assessment undertaken by the Warwickshire County Council Archaeological Information and Advice team on behalf of SMBC*, this site has significant archaeological potential. This potential, and the need for further archaeological assessment in advance of the submission of any planning application is not referenced in this policy. As the results of the assessment may influence the final form of the development across this area, it should be.

*Warwickshire County Council, 2020. 'Archaeological Assessment to Inform the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Local Plan. Additional Sites, 2020'. Warwick: Archaeological Information and Advice