Council objects to plans for 1,000 homes

Coventry City Council has objected to plans to build nearly 1,000 homes close to the city.

The local authority said more traffic modelling was needed to show how the scheme would affect local roads.

Plans for the 970-home development and a new relief road some eight miles from the city were submitted last year and will be decided by planners on Solihull Council.

The proposed new neighbourhood would be built on a 75.3 hectare (186 acre) plot of land off Station Road in Balsall Common, but Coventry is one of the groups being consulted as it is a neighbouring planning authority.

The city council initially objected in August 2023, calling for developers to demonstrate that the scheme "would not have a severe impact" on Coventry’s local roads.

While a technical note has now been submitted, showing which junctions the scheme could affect, no other work such as traffic modelling had been done to assess it further, the Coventry City Council response said.

It also referred to other plans for Balsall Common, including Pheasant Oak Lane and Frog Lane.

It said the impact of the combined developments needed to be assessed.

The scheme proposed for Station Road includes affordable and retirement housing, plus a community building, a primary school and public open space, according to the application. 

An outline application for the scheme was submitted by Harris Strategic Land and Colchurch Properties Limited in July 2023.

The plans are still awaiting a decision by Solihull Council.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.

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