SOLIHULL Councillors have once again called for plans to build 450 homes in Dickens Heath to be withdrawn.
Councillors Keith Green and Ken Hawkins, for Blythe, have asked planners to meet and discuss the plans to build on Tilehouse Lane.
The application was submitted to Solihull Council by Star Planning, on behalf of Richborough Estates in December 2023.
In the letter Couns Green and Hawkins have outlined the loss of so many substantial sports facilities is a great cause for concern and now the two-year anniversary of the application being submitted has past it should now be withdrawn.
Coun Green said: “We seem to be nowhere near any progress as to where the rugby and football clubs and pitches will be relocated to – and to what standard. The delay in moving forwards rest wholly with the applicants.”
Cllr Ken Hawkins added: “There has been almost no progress in the two years.
“The withdrawal of the planning application will provide clarity for the many local residents and users of the sports clubs, especially the younger residents who attend these clubs and are worried about their sustainability.”
In planning documents Richborough said the houses would include a range of sizes and tenures, including affordable housing.
It added a new pedestrian and cycle link between Tilehouse Lane to Tythe Barn Lane would provide a safer route to Whitlock’s End Railway Station and it would look to improve the road network with two new roundabouts on Tilehouse Lane and Tythe Barn Lane.
Developers say there are two main areas of open space proposed with the first running through the centre of the site and the second, which will be to the west of the development will provide ‘more formal facilities.
