Object

Representation ID: 10911

Received: 26/08/2021

Respondent: Mr Robert Coote

Having read and reviewed the supporting goverment and council documention in regards to the planned home build South of Holbeache Lane and Triangle (swindon road) I have and raise the below objections.
Firstly and the quantities of homes being planned, I feel strongly that there has been very little concideration towards how traffic and pedistration flow will be incorporated into the existing traffic / road system. The existing road network for which will link the housing developments sits on the boarders of both Dudley borough and South Stafforshire, so how will this be expanned and supported. The same system is heavily congested without additional traffic being added, not only by cars, but by delivery vans, waste collections and etc once they are built.
The current road network within the area is currenly not fit for purpose, with no scope for expansion without the need for homes and businesses to be demolished to allow for the roads to be widened and expanded. If the homes were to be built, I personally feel that the developers should bare the whole cost for this rather then the tax payer.
How would new traffic flow be incorporated into both developments with having a major knock on affect further down the road network on both the A449 and the A491
Additionally there is very little in the way of public transport, with only 1 bus service supporting the road running along Holbeache and 2 services skirting very briefly the swindon road triangle site. There are no train services, so reading that transport links will support the new developments has no merit from your own reports. I would very much doubt that Network rail would re-instate the long closed wombourne railway line and then the local residents would object like they did when LCP tried to re-instate the railway terminal in Pensnett.
In regards to schools, how will the building of 860 homes help the current situtaion where there are no spaces. With the number of homes being built, in theory you would be suggesting the building of a new school both primary and secondary. This plan does not include the existing housing developments being built on stallings lane, himley view and katesby view. Again very little concideration has been put into the number of new homes and familys being brought into the area.
Then there is and more importantly the enviromental impact that this will have on the whole area, more cars, more traffic and increased fumes being created for which will affected the healt of people living in the area.
Again, the road systems, schools and required infrastructure requires to be put in place before the housing developments. It appears to be, lets build very expensive houses, for a very short sighted company and vision without the concideration of how it will be supported.