Object

Representation ID: 66380

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Hatton Estate

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Hatton Estates are the co-promoters with Bloor Homes of the land at Hatton Hill (south of Birmingham Road). Objection is made to the allocation of land north of Birmingham Road (H28) which should be deleted and replaced by the land at Hatton Hill for the following reasons¬:-
*Hatton Park residents access/ use the school, church and pub in the locality. The Hatton Hill site is better located to these facilities. It is illogical to prefer a site that is further away.
*The Hatton Hill Site promoted by this representation could encompass an extension to the Hatton Locks car park (currently with insufficient capacity and being used intensively by visitors to the locks/canal). This would resolve a current local issue with better/ safer access thus bringing real benefits to the local community
*A new roundabout access to the Hatton Hill Site would provide a safe point of access as well as reducing traffic speed on the busy A4177 Birmingham Road. The site currently in the Local Plan would be accessed opposite the dangerous Ugly Bridge road in the most dangerous and congested section of the Birmingham Road.
*There have been 85 objections to the site currently in the Local Plan, this is a measure of the local concern and an indicator of the significant adverse impact it will have on a large number of properties/ families adjacent to it.
*The intended alternative at Hatton Hill would be well screened by an intended tree/ landscape buffer and would not impact on surrounding properties and the wider landscape.
*The Hatton Hill site is currently arable land and is sheltered by trees and hedges and has minimal ecological or landscape merit. The careful integration of SUDS and the protection of existing edges of the field will enhance ecology and landscape.
*The site is hidden/ protected from the nearby canal by trees, a further belt of trees and landscaping is intended
*The Hatton Hill site is 'self-contained' and could not be extended if further houses were required in the future. The current allocation is causing alarm with the local community as it is perceived as being ripe for extension into the open countryside for future requirements.
*To conclude the current allocation in the plan is considered unsound and not justified based on the evidence available and given that there is a more suitable alternative at Hatton Hill.