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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy BC2 - Frog Lane, Balsall Common
Representation ID: 11009
Received: 11/12/2020
Respondent: Balsall Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The proposed layout for Site BC2 fails to take account of the Balsall Parish NDP, which has passed examination although the referendum has been delayed. Policy BE.2 Local Character and Design a) and b) calls for the density of new development in immediate proximity to existing housing to reflect the density of existing housing.
The Concept Masterplan for Site BC2 shows medium density housing adjacent to low density existing housing on Balsall Street East contrary to the Balsall NDP.
Policy BC2 – Frog Lane should contain the following wording:
“Where new development abuts existing development the new development’s initial density should
reflect the existing density or there should be a separation through public open space.”
This development principle would be in line with that used for the Concept Masterplan Development Principles: BC5 Trevallion Stud.
“The POS provides a buffer to the south of the development between the new and existing development
providing the opportunity for place-making and for the integration of the future and existing residents.”
The Concept Masterplan for BC2 Frog Lane should be amended to include the following additional wording:
“The density of housing immediately adjacent to the homes on Balsall Street East should be shown as low density. The density of housing on Frog Lane should not exceed medium density and the average density across the site should be medium.”
This wording will not change the number of homes on the site but will protect Frog Lane and ensure a gradual change in density from Balsall Street East into this new
development.
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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy BC2 - Frog Lane, Balsall Common
Representation ID: 11010
Received: 11/12/2020
Respondent: Balsall Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Concept Masterplan BC2 Frog Lane does not conform with Policy P10 requirements for greenspace improvements. Based on 110 units this development will require 0.9 hectares of public open space (POS). A doorstep space will need to be provided on site and a local play space/neighbourhood play area in the locality. The land to the east is a school playing field and not public open space. The POS required for this allocation is not shown on the Concept Masterplan. The Parish Council is concerned it may not materialise, and that POS provision in Balsall Common is below the submission plan target and the Borough average, exacerbated by inadequate provision for the SLP2013 sites.
The nearest proper play provision is 2 miles away along the A452 trunk road in Lavender Hall Park.
Amend Policy BC2 paragraph 2 to include the words
“Public open space amounting to 0.9 hectares must be provided on the site.”
This will ensure that the required POS is local to the new
housing and does not require children to cross main roads nor parents to use their cars to drive to Lavender Hall Park.
Policy BC2 para 4i should be deleted. There is no such place as the Holly Lane recreation ground. It is school playing field for the Heart of England school. Seeking a financial contribution is not appropriate because it is not POS.
Amend paragraph 5 of Concept Masterplan BC2 Frog Lane to “Based on 110 units this development will require 0.9 hectares of public open space on site in
a location sensitive to the amenity of existing residents, the mechanism for its delivery can be
considered at the application stage alongside other development brought forward in Balsall
Common in the adopted Local Plan.”
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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy BC5 - Trevallion Stud, Balsall Common
Representation ID: 11011
Received: 11/12/2020
Respondent: Balsall Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Whilst the Concept Masterplan and Site Policy BC5 Trevallion Stud are generally supported, the provision of access points along its north western boundary will compromise the rural nature of Wootton Green Lane. Policy BE.2 of the Balsall Parish NDP defines the need to
retain the rural character and diversity of older routes,
especially retaining or replacing hedges. Traffic will be likely to use Wootton Green Lane which has no pavements and is part of the Heart of England Way, creating an inappropriate hazard.
Amend Policy BC5 to include the words:
“safeguarding the rural character of Wootton Green Lane, Wootton Lane and the approach to Balsall Common on the A452. Access points to the site are kept to the eastern boundary of the site with the A452 to minimise the effect on the rural edge of the site and
Wootton Green Lane.”
This protection of a rural lane is comparable to the Concept Plan policy BC4 – Pheasant Oak
Farm protection of Hob Lane and the wording proposed is similar.
Amend Concept Masterplan BC5 Trevallion Stud to show the access points for the site off the A452 and none on the north western leg of Wootton Green Lane. The
one on the south western leg can remain.
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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy BC1 - Barratt's Farm, Balsall Common
Representation ID: 11012
Received: 11/12/2020
Respondent: Balsall Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Para 527 Balsall Common Relief Road
The creation of this relief road should be in one phase. Rat runs are already used through the settlement to avoid the A452 and should the new road not be implemented in one go this problem will be exacerbated.
Creating the relief road in more than one phase will mean very little of the existing traffic will use it. Without the complete relief road to divert traffic from the centre of Balsall Common, the Masterplanning of the village centre will be impeded (para 528).
Amend paragraph 527 to commit that the relief road will be competed in a single phase and adjust policies BC3 Kenilworth Road and BC4 Pheasant Oak to require those sites to make a financial contribution to the Waste Lane to Meer End section of the relief road.
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This is justified as Sites BC3 and BC4 will create traffic in Balsall Common, as recognised by the submission plan reference to the distances to the centre and the rail station, which, in the absence of a relief road, will cause further pressure on the A452 through Balsall Parish. Hence a proportionate financial contribution to mitigate the traffic demands that these sites will place on Balsall Common is appropriate.
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Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Balsall Common
Representation ID: 11013
Received: 11/12/2020
Respondent: Balsall Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The Parish Council welcomes the commitment within paragraph 528 to create a village centre masterplan, recognising the level of expansion Balsll Common faces.
However, residents want real change on the ground and not just a plan. Without real change the centre will not cope with the increased use of cars to access it in an area where residents make 70% of their daily trips by car versus a borough average of 50%. The plan needs to make reference to funding of the improved centre.
It is proposed that the similar wording is used as that for the relief road funding and the following words should be added to the end of paragraph 528.
“Delivery of the enhanced centre will be from grant funding opportunities that may be available through for instance, the WMCA and/or from a combination of SMBC and Parish Council CIL funds.”
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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Balsall Common
Representation ID: 11014
Received: 11/12/2020
Respondent: Balsall Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Primary School Provision
The Parish Council welcomes the commitment to a new primary school in Balsall Common to support the
number of homes proposed for the settlement. However, it is concerned that any additional housing over and above the levels shown for the allocated sites and likely windfall housing will generate more primary school places than the new school can provide, and that the proposed phasing of the housing allocations in the first
5-years will exceed the current available primary school places.
A full case on this subject is made by Berkswell Parish Council.
Balsall Parish Council supports the re-phasing of housing allocations proposed by Berkswell Parish Council in its submission to ensure that primary school provision keeps pace with housing development and that the plan is sustainable and sound.
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Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Policy BC3 - Kenilworth Road/Windmill Lane, Balsall Common
Representation ID: 11015
Received: 11/12/2020
Respondent: Balsall Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Site Policy BC3 and Concept Masterplan. The area of low-density housing to be accessed from the existing housing area on Kenilworth Road extends too far into the existing wooded area defined by the Ecological Assessment: Windmill Lane and Kenilworth Road. The Assessment recommends the protection of a 30m buffer around woodland and includes this in the area of development constraint, but this is not reflected in the Concept Masterplan.
The Parish Council requests that the housing area within the area of development constraint is marginally reduced to respect the constraint area shown in the Ecological Assessment. This will implement the recommendations in the Assessment and Policy P10 in the submission plan, particularly paragraphs 2, 5, 8, 9 and 11 of the policy.
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