Support

Representation ID: 11220

Received: 11/09/2021

Respondent: Sheila Webster

Number of people: 2

Dear Sir/Madam,
My husband and I have today been viewing the draft of the Black Country Plan. We
would like to put forward our request for consideration that Corbett Meadow, which
was gifted to the residents of the local community by John Corbett in 1892, be
designated as a Local Green Space (LGS) in the Black Country Plan under policy
DSA4 which is at 434 of the consultation document and as an Area of High Historic
Landscape Value (ENV5) which is at page 230. It is a vital area for wildlife in itself and
as part of Coalbourne Brook Valley. A much needed valuable green lung in an urban
area.
This is a time when the environment is of great concern to us all when meadows and
hedgerows are being created, it would be tragic to disturb land that has been aloud to
stay settled for centuries thus not disturbing the carbon deposit lying beneath.
We believe that this would protect this area from development that would put
pressure on already overburdened services and roads as well as safety concerns by
creating a new access to Vicarage Road.
We need new housing but not at the cost of this unique asset, Yours faithfully,