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ID sylw: 108123

Derbyniwyd: 28/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Valerie Palmer

The reasons are as follows:-

Traffic
Local lanes are inadequate to cope with additional traffic.
The main road, A3400, is subject to speeding and many HGV’s. Following an incident on the M42 the whole area becomes gridlocked.
There would be an increase in pollution.

Public Transport
There is no railway station within the village. There is no spare capacity for parking at the nearest stations and no room for expansion.
Bus provision is poor.
The outcome will inevitably mean more road usage as there is little employment opportunity in the village.

Education
The village primary school is at capacity.
There is no secondary school and no spare capacity at those closest to the village. Children have to be bussed in as it stands.

Health
The village has neither GP’s nor chemist.
The village is supported by Solihull hospital with no effective A&E, Warwick hospital which recently raised an emergency alert and Birmingham Heartlands which besides being a long way away is the last place you would wish to go to if ill.

Amenities/Parking
The village has few amenities and those are supported by extremely limited parking facilities with no scope for expansion.

SMBC
As I understand it SMBC will also have to propose new developments within their part of the village but they consider that 100 new homes should be the maximum, tolerable number without destroying the character of the village.

Green Belt
The proposal envisages destruction of a significant amount of green belt and associated loss of habitat.

Conclusion
I should be grateful if you take these factors into your considerations and reject SG24 as a development possibility.