Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020

Object

Representation ID: 11074

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Allocation BS1 [sic] Balsall common Barratt’s Farm, is adjoining a linear Local Wildlife Site (LWS), Kenilworth Greenway, any proposals should ensure that development doesn’t impact on any biodiversity, including protected species, particularly though increased activity, noise and light pollution.

Object

Representation ID: 11075

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Site BL1 is directly adjacent to three designated LWS’s and adjacent to designated Ancient Woodland and in the green belt. We have had a number of concerns from a vast majority of our members regarding this site.
The policy wording is also not considered to be strong enough stating ‘potential for enhancement and appropriate buffer to Tythe Barn Coppice ancient woodland’. The word ‘potential’ should be modified out of the plan text, appropriate buffers should also be included on all of the Local Wildlife Site edges. The Landscape Assessment (2016) states also that the Blythe area has a high overall sensitivity to new development.

Object

Representation ID: 11076

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Allocation BVP Blythe valley park, for between 59,000 and 99,000 sqm Mixed B use, this allocation is directly covering and would destroy part of LWS Blythe Valley County Park, and adjoin other LWS’s, with no proposals for buffers on the edge of the employment allocation. The site is also green belt and the proposed employment need is vague varying by 40,000sqm, in line with these tests of soundness this figure should be based on an employment need for the area and to support housing need. An allocation for the lower figure would have less of an environmental impact and could include an area not designated as a Local Wildlife Site.

Object

Representation ID: 11077

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Birmingham business park allocation is directly adjacent a designated Local Wildlife Site, with no mention of a buffer in the policy wording, or consideration of impact on the amenity of the neighbouring site.

Object

Representation ID: 11078

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

South of Knowle (Arden Triangle) for 600 dwellings is directly on a number of LWS’s and would include the loss of semi-improved grassland. Whilst the WWT is pleased to see the retention of the LWS, the site would be effectively surrounding by build development, noise, light pollution etc, which would affect species including protected species using the site, habitats and biodiversity. Whilst we are also pleased to see the inclusion of biodiversity offsetting this is just for semi improved grassland and should only be considered as a last resort, the policy requirements in 4 are also very vague and therefore would be hard to effectively enforce on a meaningful level.

Object

Representation ID: 11079

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Site is adjoining a designated Local Wildlife Site which could impact the important wildlife site, although we are pleased to see retention the LWS and provision of an appropriate buffer onto Purnells Brook Woodland Local Wildlife Site, although there is no obvious detail regarding the scale and make up of the buffer.

Object

Representation ID: 11080

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Site UK2 to potentially accommodate a relocated Household Waste and Recycling Facility- serious concerns as proposal is adjoining Elmdone Grange wood LWS and Elmdone Wood Nature Park and concerning part of Caste Hill Meadows LWS, and adjoining Hampton and Elmdone Coppice. Such facility would have a serious disruptive and noise impact, light pollution, impact on breeding species and on the biodiversity and protected species on these designated sites.

Object

Representation ID: 11081

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Site is adjoining a LWS – Hampton and Elmdone Copppice which would impact on the biodiversity and protected species on the site. there is also no requirement to provide a buffer between the site and the Local Wildlife Site. 4i ‘Biodiversity enhancement’ is also too vague.

Object

Representation ID: 11082

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

JLR Jaguar Landowner allocation [UK2], covers directly over a LWS and directly adjoins, with no mention in the Policy wording of preservation of the Local Wildlife Site or consideration of the biodiversity in line with the NPPF and NERC Act.

Object

Representation ID: 11083

Received: 15/12/2020

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

See recommendations below.