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ID sylw: 107399

Derbyniwyd: 03/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Lapworth Parish Council

The Parish Council has strong concerns about the viability of settlement C1 aligning
with the 20-minute neighbourhood policy due to:
• Poor transport infrastructure - no regular bus service, an infrequent, freight based rail service with minimal parking and no north-bound step-free access at the station.
• Narrow, winding roads with high hedgerows and virtually no lighting on many and hardly any pavements.
• The low railway bridge and narrow canal bridges.
• Significant traffic and parking issues.
• Challenges relating to the nearly full Lapworth Primary School.
• The extra burden on healthcare at the already near-capacity Lapworth Surgery.
• The environmental impact (including to heritage sites such as Kingswood Canal
Basin, Harborough Banks Iron Age Hill Fort and a priest tunnel running from Baddesley Clinton to the Manor House). The canal is protected under the Warwick District Canal Conservation Area (Civic Amenities Act of 1967).
• The area already suffers from frequent power cuts and bad flooding - many parts of Kingswood and Lapworth have no sewers or storm drains. There is already a strain on water supplies which is necessitating an upgrade to satisfy current demand. Any significant development in this area will surely require additional extensive works.
• There is no mains gas supply to Lapworth and houses are dependent on oil and electricity (or occasionally gas cannister). The requirement for a new development is air-sourced heat pumps which will place extra demand on the existing power supply.
• Limited local employment.

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ID sylw: 107400

Derbyniwyd: 03/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Lapworth Parish Council

The lack of detailed information from Solihull MBC on any proposed developments in Hockley Heath (including infrastructure type, quantity and timings) impacts the ability to make truly informed decisions about SG24, although it is not felt that the area is suitable as a strategic growth site and it does not comply with the 20-Minute neighbourhood policy principally due its infrastructure limitations and its lack of sustainable public transport. As the plan is based on 20-Minute neighbourhoods and getting rid of dependence on cars, then that should rule out SG24 and C1.