Object

Representation ID: 10898

Received: 27/08/2021

Respondent: Mr Wayne Round

I strongly wish to register my objection to the building of house on Severn Drive, Brierley Hill. (DUH222)
The area is already over developed, we already have a massive development being built on the old
brickworks sitewhere roads have been altered and the estate just keeps growing.
The infastructiure around the area is already struggling to cope with the demands of the traffic and this will
add more woe to everyone journeys.
There are other brown sites within the surrouding areas that should be built on first, why doesnt [text redacted] stick to his word and use the brown sites instead of trying to use the green spaces we have. I thought
this was to supposed to be a child Friendly dudley/Brierley Hill?
We already have a lack of Green Spaces.
Black Country Spatial Portrait
1.34Health and Wellbeing: the Black Country has lower rates of physical activity and higher rates of obesity
than the rest of England. In addition, the Black Country has issues with alcohol abuse, depression and social
isolation.
1.36 These and other issues, which negatively affect the physical and mental health and wellbeing of
residents of the Black Country, are all influenced by the built and natural environment.
During covid our Greens were a godsend for people who were struggling and walking onthe Green every day
improved peoples mental health. We have dog walkers on the Green every day, children playing on the
Green and all manner/ages of people getting together .
The schools are already struggling to give children who live in the catchment area a place in the school and
classroom size has already increased

I wish to register my objections to the proposed building area on both North and South green areas of Severn Drive, Brierley Hill for additional housing. (DUH222)
The main reasons for my objections are as follows:
· The local infrastructure is totally insufficient for any increase in both population and traffic.
· So many houses built in the local area in the last couple of years that there are no longer enough school places, Doctors Surgeries, Dentists etc to cope with the existing population.
· The estate roads are not built with construction traffic in mind, Corbyns Hall Lane is too narrow, Corbyns Hall Road always has vehicles parked both sides day and night, and the corner of Comber Drive has a sharp bend and narrow road.
· The new road junction on the High Street is not fit for purpose. Traffic queues are just as bad if not worse than they were before, this will get increasingly worse with the new commercial buildings currently under construction. Local roads are already hazardous, traffic trying to alight from Corbyns Hall Lane turning right now find it virtually impossible. Corbyns Hall Road is a totally blind junction. Corbyns Hall Lane has already become a hazard due to cars parking on the road to visit Sainsbury's.
· These green areas were a designated play area for children on the estate and as such are widely used by local children and supposedly as such cannot be built upon. Also used by many dog walkers.
· During the current Covid-19 pandemic, this green space has, and continues to be very important to help everyone with not only fitness but more importantly mental health and wellbeing.
· This area is important for our local wildlife [text redacted]
· Aerial photographs show how little green space there currently is. These plans will mean there will be no safe green places left for communities to use.
· There are multiple local sites that have become complete eyesores which would be far better demolished, rejuvenate these areas for housing. There are also other brown sites which could be utilised, instead of taking away what little green space we have left.