Object

Representation ID: 11054

Received: 09/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Stephen Hunter

Dear Sir / Madam,

Please accept this email as our formal objection to the proposed development and loss of green belt land at Worcester Lane Stourbridge.
Despite statements previously made by the West Midlands Mayor that there was no case for the loss of green belt land in the Dudley Borough we are now faced with the prospect of substantial environmental destruction and a dramatic negative effect upon the wellbeing of local residents in the area the latter becoming even more evident in these current times.
This planned location clearly poses numerous additional negative factors such an increase in pollution, traffic movement/noise and the associated safety hazard of a road unsuitable in my opinion for any additional service entry roads. The location would also put an unacceptable additional pressure on local infrastructure and amenities due to our location on the very extremity of the Borough.
The situation has been compounded further by the latest draft proposals extending the development by 60 dwellings over that originally proposed by the Bromwich Lane proposal being omitted from the plan and our locality bearing the consequences,
Due to previous planning permissions within the adjoining Bromsgrove Borough our locality has already felt the significant impact of the building and occupation of 300+ houses (with more planned I believe) that has already impacted on school place availability, doctors surgery capacity, increased traffic and parking congestion in the area.
Why should a Borough at the very heart of the industrialised Black Country be sacrificing some of the limited amount of greenbelt land that remains?
Surely any development could be achieved by the utilisation of brownfield sites although I appreciate the attraction of sacrifing greenbelt land by profit driven developers and greenbelt land owners.
We need to protect the limited amount of greenbelt we have for future generations and the well being of the council tax payers within this historical industrial Borough.

Regards

Kim and Stephen Hunter