Publication Draft

We are concerned that the green belt no longer washes over Burton Green Parish. The Parishes within WD area which have been given a defined number of housing allocations have then had the area in which to provide those houses decided for us. There is no logical reason why further areas need to be removed from the green belt in any of the villages. In Burton Green many sites were offered as development possibilities but all of these have remained in the green belt.

The border between two districts, Warwick District and Solihull Borough, in different counties Warwick shire and the West Midlands, is no longer defined by green belt along the whole of Cromwell Lane as it has been removed. This does not meet normal practice.

Burton Green is a ribbon development, and that feature is an important part of the character of the area, and one of the things current residents cite as a reason for living here. We acknowledge that some housing development will take place in the village but that should not be allowed to affect the current properties and their character. We would like to propose that other than the Housing Allocation site the rest of Burton Green is returned to green belt status to prevent inappropriate piecemeal development. Development in the newly defined brown sites would involve removal of present houses and replacement with houses that would not fit with the established local scene. Ribbon development does not lend itself to this type of development.