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Representation ID: 12130

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Ellie Collins

I am greatly appalled at the allocation of 533 house on the triangle located between Lodge Lane and Swindon road. This is a peaceful sort after area whether the countryside is a huge part of people’s well being in the area. By building on this, the countryside will be permanently taken from this community, not only this but by building this scale of houses will drastically change the population of Kingswinford along with Holbeache and the current major sites of Stallings lane and Ketley Quarry which are less than 2 miles away from The Triangle & Holbeache.

Kingswinford has not see this scale of major development since the 1960s and by increasing the amount of houses by this much, will lead this community driven area to becoming a regular urban area with no sense of community and an increase in crime rates much like the rest of Dudley.

It is shocking the the countryside can just be torn from a small village for mass money making, no thought of the community whatsoever, the infrastructure will not cope but more importantly this precious green belt is much sort after and how many towns/villages can say they live less than a mile away from the countryside? This is what gives Kingswinford its shine, no other area in the Black Country is like it being so close to the countryside. These two sites are particularly important in stopping the urban sprawl. Already in the black country we’ve seen acres upon acres of green belt being built on for mass development. The environment should be our main focus here, starlings can be heard tweeting over the triangle, it’s calm and tranquil here, I’ve even seen birds of pray fly over the triangle whilst being out on walks down lodge lane. This lane is also valuable agricultural land grade 3 and above.

The environment should be the main focus for the plan, once the countryside is gone, it is gone. There will be no going back. The area will be drastically changed into an overpopulated town where services cannot cope and the outdoors/environment have been permanently changed for the worse. Do you not think that with climate change there should be a bigger emphasis on preserving our green spaces for future generations? I would like to think that in the future my children can enjoy the green spaces I enjoyed as a child. Everyone has the right to outdoor spaces and in the Black Country I really do think there are a lack of green spaces.

Alternatively I think you should strongly consider building on brownfield sites. There are so many inner city / suburban areas which have fallen into disrepair or become abandoned. Why not develop these sites and leave the countryside alone? You’re only moving the problem around by not tidying up these brownfield sites. These disused brownfield sites will always be there if you don’t build on them, falling into an even bigger mess and causing more money to put right in the future if you just let them sit there getting vandalised/ arson. The countryside will never recover from being built on. It will never be in the same state that it is today. How could you let your own children/grandchildren grow up in a world where they don’t have as many resources/outdoor spaces that you once had as a child just for your own economic gain?

Already in Kingswinford there are potentially 2 major brownfield sites, the Stallings Lane development and the Ketley Quarry site (although I remember this being green belt many years ago before it was quarried). Surely those 2 sites are enough for Kingswinford to cope with? Are these two sites not enough for your growth whilst preserving the countryside and our community?

I really do hope you take account of the points I’ve raised above. This is an irreversible change and the people of Kingswinford, wall Heath and the surrounding area would hate to lose. We don’t want no compromise, we just want our green belt left alone.


If you build on this land you are taking away precious green spaces which is irreversible. There are brownfield sites that could be developed instead which makes more sense to develop those. Kingswinford / wall Heath will lose its tranquility, community and culture.