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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Knowle, Dorridge & Bentley Heath
Representation ID: 13812
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: The Knowle Society
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Residents survey undertaken by the Neighbourhood Forum suggests that over half of all respondents are strongly against the site allocations in Knowle.
Additional sites that have not previously been identified are also included (Wychwood Avenue roundabout).
Highway improvements should be carried out prior to development taking place, then repaid.
No identification of additional parking facilities to alleviate impact of additional vehicles in the Conservation Area.
There should be no traffic lights in the Conservation Area.
Unfair and unjustified distribution of development to Knowle.
No mention of any provision being included for relevant community services such as library, health and emergency services.
More justification for development in Knowle and for the sites that have been chosen.
Further details of transport impacts and mitigation and improvements being undertaken prior to development.
See attached representation.
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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy KN1 - Hampton Road, Knowle
Representation ID: 13813
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: The Knowle Society
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Scale of development on the site is not adequately justified.
No mention of need to off-set biodiversity loss.
Question whether the need for a care village / retirement complex. Further work required to justify this. If no need, the site should be made available for a shared market/affordable housing scheme.
No indication of how ‘very special circumstances’ will be demonstrated for relocation of Knowle Football Club.
Impact of increased traffic not addressed sufficiently and how increased movements will adversely impact on Knowle Conservation Area with no suitable or definitive mitigation identified.
Impact of development on one of the highest points in Knowle will create an unacceptable skyline.
Traffic calming measures required along Hampton Road.
The Masterplan should include actual proposed densities of each indicated area. It should indicate road layouts together with their width to ensure there is no repetition of the mistakes made with the layout of the Middlefield development in order to achieve the Council’s originally identified number of dwellings which they thought could be achieved. The Neighbourhood Plan makes clear the requirement of satisfactory estate development in Knowle and these requirements should be mandatory as part of this Proposal.
See attached representation.
Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy KN2 : South of Knowle (Arden Triangle)
Representation ID: 13814
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: The Knowle Society
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Relocation of Arden Academy will not alleviate congestion along Station Road. Students will continue to walk along inadequate footways to access bridle path short cut and drop offs will continue.
Masterplan needs specific reference to upgraded footpath link to Middlefield and Dorridge to reduce walking along Station Road.
Unclear if LWS will be included as part of the open space area.
Masterplan should identify how 600 homes will be accommodated.
No details of specific highway improvements.
Care provision should be justified.
Inadequate reflection of Neighbourhood Plan policies including housing mix and densities.
No consideration of the future traffic problems caused by relocating Arden Academy
Improvements to Grove Road / Warwick Road / Norton Green Lane junction likely.
Insufficient and evidence to justify the scale of development.
Lack of clarity over access points.
No information on the increased traffic and its impact on Knowle and the Conservation Area.
New development must ensure landscape features are retained as far as possible noting veteran – non-protected trees should also be retained to contribute to natural flood mitigation on site.
Reduce densities on site and ensure Neighbourhood Plan policies are reflected.
Masterplan needs specific reference to upgraded footpath link to Middlefield and Dorridge to reduce walking along Station Road.
Plan should recognise that improvements to Grove Road / Warwick Road / Norton Green Lane junction are likely to be required.
See attached representation.
Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy P4A Meeting Housing Needs – Affordable Housing
Representation ID: 13815
Received: 14/12/2020
Respondent: The Knowle Society
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Housing mix for Shared Ownership does not comply with Neighbourhood Plan policy.
The continuing use of Housing Associations as the principal provider of such accommodation should be reduced to avoid the effect of ‘stair-casing’. Housing Associations provide their tenants (on a shared-ownership basis) the opportunity of removing the shared ownership by the Tenant’s ability to purchase the balance of the Freehold during their Tenancy. This consequently results in a permanent reduction of the availability in the number of affordable homes for ever.
See attached representation.
