Object

Representation ID: 12917

Received: 24/09/2021

Respondent: Ms Vivian Fairbank

Re: housing development on greenfield site between Lazy Hill Road and Stonnall
Road/Birch Lane Aldridge
I should like to object to this development on a number of grounds:
1 The two roads bordering this proposed development are both winding and narrow and would not afford easy access to the site without considerable investment and destruction of an attractive area of hedgerows and trees which provide important wildlife corridors and house numerous birds hardly seen in Walsall, notably the [Redacted-sensitive information].
2 Aldridge and Walsall have significant brownfield sites immediately adjacent to shopping, transport links, schools and health services, none of which apply to this site. They are left derelict and an eyesore, negatively impacting the mental health and well-being of the community.
3 In future the UK may find itself in a position where food supply is less easily obtained from distant countries. How can it be sensible to use good quality agricultural land which produces crops every year and contributes to our home grown food, thus limiting carbon emissions from imports?
Our MP campaigned partly on her commitment to preserving green belt land. This should be paramount in your decision on this proposal.