Planners have given the go-ahead for hundreds of homes to be built on Solihull green belt in the latest blow for campaigners.

Developer Taylor Wimpey originally put forward a plan to build 200 homes on land west of Warwick Road in picturesque Knowle village in January.

The proposal went before the latest session of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's planning committee on December 10.

In a public consultation concerned residents raised the loss of green belt in their objections adding the plans appeared "too dense and out of character with the location".

Planning officer Lawrence Osborne said it had been judged there were very special circumstances which "clearly outweigh the harm to the green belt", making a recommendation for the committee to approve the plans.

In the public spe

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