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ID sylw: 106323

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: DR Paul Clark

I strongly feel that development should be firstly focussed on Brownfield sites as these offer the greatest opportunity plus are often better connected to infrastructure and areas of employment.
Once Brownfield has been fully utilised, I feel areas outside of the Green Belt should be used.
Infrastructure Transport - Lack of rail station, road congestion & access, limited bus service.
The A3400 through the village, School Road, Old Warwick Road (B4439) and Spring Lane (B4101) all suffer from surface water flooding. As does Grange Road and Box Trees Road between Hockley Heath and Dorridge.
The proposed plan for SG24 would increase the number of cars adding more pollution into Hockley Heath and surrounding area.
Increasing vehicles numbers through the village would pose substantial Health and Safety Risk to residences.
Tudor Grange Hockley Heath Academy is a single form primary school which currently meets the needs of the village. However it is full with no capacity for additional students, nor could the site support additional development.
Existing local health infrastructure is currently stretched. There is significant pressure on Dorridge surgery especially for on the day doctors appointments.
By adding additional housing at Hockley Heath the SWLP will be increasing the amount of CSO discharge into the river effecting water quality and environmental impact.
The proposed SG24 could lead to substantial environmental degradation in the area.
There is no information in the plan on the relationship with SMBC or as to whether SMBC would be responsible for potentially providing services to residence not living in the Solihull borough, including education, health and roads.
The sheer scale of building thousands of new homes in Hockley Heath as proposed in SG24 is inappropriate to the village’s current size.
Figure 10 of the SWLP shows that Hockley Heath is not located near to the ‘Core Opportunity Area’ (COA).
The area around Hockley Heath has historic buildings that could be impacted by the large-scale development.