A senior councillor has said he has made a decision "of national significance" to turn three picturesque Solihull villages into a single town in an attempt to protect the borough's green belt.

Knowle, Dorridge and Bentley Heath (KDBH) are to be defined as a single settlement known as a town.

And Balsall Common has also had its status changed to a town after the move was rubber stamped at the cabinet portfolio holder's climate change and planning decision session on Thursday, (October 23).

The reclassification plan was proposed by Solihull Council officers earlier this year with councillors deciding to explore it further.

Results from a six-week consultation held in the summer showed 55 per cent of the 165 residents who took part supported the change for KDBH.

And 40 per cent said the

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