Object

Representation ID: 10916

Received: 27/08/2021

Respondent: Ms SUE WINSLOW

I most strongly object to any more major housing development in Kingswinford especially the north of the region namely the green belt at Holbeach exiting onto the very busy A449 (proposal to build 330 homes)

1...this area has already had 2 large developments at the top of Stallings lane.. total of 700 homes and another one of 170 homes is due to commence now, this is a total of 870 houses.

2. Kingswinford does not have a train station, tram network or motorway or even dual carriage ways (and has no way of building any of these in the future) anywhere within a 5 mile radius meaning that all this potential extra traffic would be in the form of even more pollution from vehicles on our already congested road.
it is my view that over the past 5 years more development has taken place around this area than any where in the borough

3. I do not see any mention n the strategy of any new schools, doctor surgeries or dentists to accommodate the extra population. Schools are already fully subscribed and doctors and dentists are difficult to gain access to.. i have lived in Kingswinford since 1978, when it was a little village, and during that time the population has increased hugely but in all that time no new schools, doctors or dentists have been opened to deal with this.

4. I value our wildlife and green spaces. I get bats around my windows at dusk (clearly from the wood that adjoins this field and hedgehogs around the field. We are told climate change is happening now so i urge you to protect this green belt. I am told my Mike Wood and local councillors there are brownfield sites still untouched that could be developed instead.