Draft Local Plan Review

"The Knowle Streamside Trust Committee has responsibility for the management of the Wychwood Avenue Local Wildlife Site in Knowle, which became a designated Local Wildlife Site (LWS) in 2007 and which will be affected in the event that the proposed Housing Allocation 8 in the Solihull Draft Local Plan is approved by the Council. We note that the hatched area of Housing Allocation 8 extends over the LWS and whilst we appreciate that the boundaries in the Draft Local Plan have been drawn on a very general basis, we would be grateful to receive your confirmation that the inclusion of the LWS within area 8 is an error which will be corrected when the detailed mapping is undertaken.

The Committee wishes to express its concerns regarding the possible impact that large scale housing development in proximity to the LWS might have and would seek the Council's assurance that in the event of this area being approved for housing, any future application must include all the appropriate environmental and ecological impact assessments in order to ensure that such development will not adversely affect the LWS and in particular that no surface run-off from such development will adversely affect the Purnells Brook.