Object

Representation ID: 12496

Received: 15/09/2021

Respondent: Callum Duckworth

I am writing to voice my objections towards the Black Country Site Assessment Report, in particular Dudley Appendix A, Pages 75-78, Holbeache SA-0017-DUD.

I do not wish for additional houses to be built on the Wall Heath Greenbelt and must voice my objections to the plans to build houses on the land.
The A449 is already a very busy road and building more houses here would only prove to increase congestion and traffic to a road already prone to congestion, not to mention the increased CO2 emissions and noise from additional cars in the area. With additional houses, light pollution would also increase and the building work would also cause lengthy delays and problems for local residents.
There would be further delays on the NHS and health services if more houses were built on the site and more residents lived there, and all year groups for local schools would become over subscribed.
The GreenBelt is a great agricultural site for local walks and cycle rides, and it is a very pleasant area for the local community to enjoy and cherish, improving mental health for local residents to have a green area to visit.
There is a wide array of crops and wildlife that prosper in the area, and building additional houses would result in a loss of wildlife (like owls, buzzards, red kites, bats and - many of these are protected species), and the wildlife corridor would be cut off, causing the loss of bees and butterflies. Pages 76 and 78 of the plan state there are 'significant trees', a 'survey needed' and- these should be 'retained where possible', and if the plans are carried out to build additional houses, these would be lost and it would have lasting consequences.

In conclusion, I wish to voice my objection towards the plans to build additional houses on the Green Belt.