NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
Newbourne Hill rising up to Rowney Green may, in the not-too-distant future, have at least 250 homes in the foreground as the fields either side of the bridlepath behind Sandhills Nursery are bulldozed. Similarly, the views over the fields south of Station Road might one day be filled with new roofs. The big developers’ latest submis-
sions to the APNP process are, for now, being set aside and the parish is forging ahead towards getting the plan adopted.
But the housebuilders will keep pushing: it is a gradual process, by which the industry has softened up public opinion enough that the APNP itself accepts there may need to be “some Green Belt release” of land around the village in the future. Even this provision is not enough
for some housebuilders who say national planning policy has
changed and the fact there is going to be a Green Belt review as part of Bromsgrove’s District Local Plan means the APNP should be put on hold. For example, Taylor Wimpey, which
wants to build 250 homes between Swan Street and the Alvechurch Bypass, says they are: “concerned that progression of the Alvechurch Parish Neighbourhood Plan is premature.” And the agent for Gallagher Estates, which wants to build 1,300 homes in the parish at Bordesley and 300 behind Station Road and School Lane close to the centre of Alvechurch village, refers to the “Barntchurch” Strategic Growth Study. This is the report attempting to sledgehammer people into submis- sion by suggesting we need to allow a 15,000-home settlement between Alvechurch and Barnt Green to take overflow housing from Birmingham.
“It is considered important that the Neighbourhood Plan needs to take into account of the implications of the Strategic Growth Study for the emerg- ing policies of the Local Plan Review and consequent scale of future devel- opment envisaged for the Neighbour- hood Plan area,” says Gallagher. For now, such submissions are
being resisted, but this activity shows the importance of villagers getting behind the APNP process. We also have the chance to find out
more about the District Local Plan, starting with “Issues and Options” events being organised across The Village area. As we went to press, the date for the Lickey & Blackwell con- sultation was set for October 1 at The Wheel, Blackwell, from 7–7.45pm. The date for the Alvechurch event is Octo- ber 16, from 3–8pm in the committee room at Alvechurch Village Hall. The Village View: Page 21
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