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Residents Meeting 31 st January 2019

Residents Meeting 31 st January 2019. John Green. Agenda. Introductions Background and Current Situation Campaign for Rural England Green Belt Land Issues Further Stakeholder Comments Panel - Questions and Answers Conclusion and Next Steps. What is the current situation?.

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Residents Meeting 31 st January 2019

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  1. Residents Meeting31st January 2019 John Green

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Background and Current Situation • Campaign for Rural England • Green Belt Land Issues • Further Stakeholder Comments • Panel - Questions and Answers • Conclusion and Next Steps

  3. What is the current situation? • Current risk of over development in Solihull MBC Green Belt areas • Blythe Valley Villages of Shirley, Cheswick Green, Dickens Heath and Tidbury Green are particularly at risk • A disproportionate amount of development • Infrastructure, access and flooding issues • Loss of a valuable Community amenities • Health and well being issues • Flawed planning process

  4. Green Belt Development Locations

  5. Site 4 West of Dickens Heath

  6. Sites 11, 12 and 26

  7. Blythe Valley Development Original Locations

  8. Current Situation as per Local Plan Review – Supplementary Consultation • Allocation 13 has been removed • New adjacent site 26 • Site 11 TRW site could have been used for additional housing instead of car showrooms • Site 12 in effect connects Cheswick Green to Shirley • Site 4 connects Dickens Heath and Tidbury Green

  9. Recent Newspaper Headlines

  10. Comparison of original numbers of dwellings with Local Plan Review – Supplementary Consultation

  11. Infrastructure 1 • Photos of traffic at Blackford Road

  12. Infrastructure 2 • Photos of traffic at Dickens Heath Road

  13. Campaign for Rural England Jean Walters

  14. Green Belt Land Issues Professor Kathryn Moore

  15. Moving development line Cllr Max McLoughlin

  16. Sites 11, 12 and 26

  17. Development line moved New development line

  18. Cllr Max McLoughlin Concerns • ONS numbers • Affordability calculation • Approval by SoS • HMA Shortfall contribution • Legal Challenge • Long term safeguarding

  19. The Panel Questions and Answers

  20. Conclusions and Next Steps • Real threat to Green Belt with all the attendant problems mentioned • Flawed planning process which tends to ignore residents • A new Blythe Valley petition is needed • Send letters to Solihull Councils Chief Executive

  21. Solihull Councils Chief Executive • Nick Page, Chief Executive, Solihull MBC, Council House, Manor Square, Solihull B90 3QB • Disproportionate amount of development on Green Belt land • Particularly in respect of the Blythe Valley Villages area • Which is unfair and unreasonable

  22. Residents Meeting31st January 2019 Thank you for attending tonight

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