Comment

Representation ID: 11049

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Thomas Bunn

For the attention relating to comments “ Saving Corbett Meadow” Black Country plan.
Legal and Moral obligations.
The expressed wishes as laid down by John Corbett are clear that all the existing land bequeathed was for health facility for the people of Stourbridge , in perpetuity.

Imagine your expressed wishes being tossed aside some generations later as it does not fulfil the local ambitions of the now Dudley Group of Hospitals .
This would be a direct violation of your expressed written edicts and an immoral violation of your will and testament . It is in-effect a moral and legal failure to full-fill in perpetuity the wishes of the benefactor John Corbett .
Imagine your wishes being overturned by financial and bureaucratic interests .

This magnificent habitat was never intended for the development of housing stock or for sale by the Dudley Group of Hospitals.
The current administration of this NHS trust has no attachment to the local and historical being of Amblecote or its residents.

This meadow is a green space lifeline a last surviving vestige of green lung in a diabolically existing densely urbanised area , where it is the last piece of hope for its community .
It has proven wildlife benefits with a wide range of habitats encompassing part of the Coalbourne Brook.
Short term financial gain for this Health Authority must not be allowed presidency over the will of local community interest .

This magnificent undulating meadow must be protected for the health and well-being of the local community . Government edicts are about using brown site land and not destroying the few remaining green spaces that have been destroyed over the last decades.
This meadow is for the long term an outdoor oasis and mental health benefit for its citizens. Once this has gone it’s never to be returned.
The serious implications of housing development would be catastrophic on local life. Access on to the area would devastate and plunge the area into chaos due to major increases of traffic and daily living raising pollution and safety issues for all concerned. Vicarage Road is a bottle neck of existing chaos most days , and additional housing would be an infuriating and devastating blow to current users and residents.
There is never sufficient provision for health facilities schools and other services , these are currently overburdened and stretched and increasing population growth in this small area would seriously impact on the physical mental and social wellbeing of the community.

As a group of county planners we implore you to reject any proposed development on this very last what should be protected green field site , and reject any future planning and development forever.
Housing is important but to loose this oasis in Amblecote is not worth the cost of destruction as outlined above .
Save our green spaces we need your decisions to reflect our pressing desire to save this meadow.

From
Thomas Bunn