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ID sylw: 106170

Derbyniwyd: 04/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Gorana Law

The scale and scope of the proposed development would fundamentally alter the character of Hockley Heath, undermining its distinct rural identity. The development is completely at odds with Solihull MBC's local plan which states that only small-scale development is appropriate for Hockley Heath.

More importantly, our village does not have the infrastructure in terms of education, health and transport to sustain a development of this size. Although the development falls within South Warwickshire, the burden of the new population in terms of schooling, transport, health and refuse collection would fall to Solihull, who have already opposed it. Hockley Heath is already facing issues with some of the council services mentioned above. Adding more residential homes without the additional supporting services (especially secondary school places and GP practices) would make an already bad situation much worse.

As far as the roads and transport go, Hockley Heath already has surface water drainage issues and the Stratford Road (A34) floods regularly during heavy rain. Further development would worsen this problem, as it would significantly increase traffic on the A34, which is already congested, particularly when there are problems on the M40/M42. All proposed developments would need to access the A34, significantly increasing the accident risk.

On a different note, all the land that is proposed to be developed is on the Green Belt, which should only be built on in exceptional circumstances. The new development would harm wildlife, limit biodiversity and the loss of green space would have a significant negative impact on the wellbeing of existing residents.