Balsall Parish Council

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Dear Resident,

If you filled in the Household Questionnaire posted to all households in November 2017 then your responses amongst others, have played an important role in generating the policies in the Balsall Parish Council Neighbourhood Development Plan.

The Neighbourhood Development Plan Consultation ends on 25 January 2019.
The full plan and the evidence base used to produce the plan are available here:
www.balsallparishcouncil.gov.uk/neighbourhood-development-plan/
Please review and then add your personal support and send an email including your name and address to balsallndp@gmail.com supporting the policies to protect the rural nature of our village and surrounding countryside in the Balsall Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan.

All of the policies and aspirations in the plan have been
derived from evidence collected in surveys, interviews, consultation events and expert advice.

There are forty policies and aspirations in the plan. Ten policies to protect the existing built environment such as requiring development to match existing local character (see report in evidence base: Character Assessment for more information). Nine policies to guide future housing development such as prioritising brown field sites, providing homes such as bungalows with gardens for downsizing opportunities, and providing more affordable homes for young families with children, couples and single people. Five policies to protect the natural environment including preserving existing trees, hedgerows and woodland, and a specific policy to designate fifteen local green spaces for protection. Five policies to improve
our community including building a new primary school and improving facilities for sports and leisure activities. Four policies to promote our local economy such as supporting home working with space and facilities. Seven defined community aspirations including a concept
to improve parking and road safety in our village centre.

Once adopted policies in the Neighbourhood Development Plan must be used by Solihull Borough Council when considering all planning applications. The emerging policies in this Neighbourhood Plan were used to support residents’ objections to the recent proposed
development at the back of properties on Station Road and Stoneton Cresent.
First challenge of 2019 is to ensure the estimated 450 HGVs per day that are expected from summer 2019 to spring 2022, for the construction of HS2 are redirected from using the Kenilworth Road to avoid the village. There is a unanimously supported community aspiration
in the plan to minimise the need for HS2 construction traffic to use the Kenilworth Road.
Best Wishes for 2019 from all of us at Balsall Parish Council ... See MoreSee Less