TWO events are to be held
over plans to draw up a guidance on what development should be built in "under pressure" Knowle
and Dorridge in the next 15 years.
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The Knowle Society and
Dorridge and District Residents Association will hold the events as part of its
bid to create a “neighbourhood plan”.
The plans were allowed under
The Localism Act 2011 and must be agreed by a public vote.
They set out what development
people want to see such as expansion of schools and health facilities, new
housing and shops.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough
Council must take the plans into account when it makes decisions on specific
planning applications by developers.
A drop-in meeting will be
held at Knowle Library and Dorridge Station waiting room on Saturday December 6
from 10am to 2pm
in Dorridge and 3pm in Knowle.
This is to gauge interest in
forming a neighbourhood plan committee, one of the requirements of the process.
A further meeting will be
held at Arden 7.30pm to give feedback.
The DDRA said: “The demand in
the Knowle, Dorridge and Bentley Heath areas continue to grow due to the
services on offer such as rail, transport links and good quality education but
it is also paramount that the quality of the present environment is at least
maintained but also improved.
“It is against this
background that both the Knowle Society and Dorridge and District Residents
Association have come together to ask for the residents to become involved in
the future of their neighbourhood.”
It said: “Although the Knowle
Society and the DDRA are not parish councils, Solihull MBC want them to be
involved as this area is probably under the most pressure from developers.
“As new housing is developed
so are the demands on services such as schools and doctors surgeries.”
