Object

Representation ID: 13066

Received: 23/09/2021

Respondent: Mark Westwood

In regards to the proposal at The Triangle DUH211 and DUH208

I strongly object to the development of land in between the A449, Lodge Lane and Swindon Rd known as The Triangle. My property backs onto the (location given), there is already a lot of congestion at this junction and the surrounding roads at peak times. With the addition of many hundreds of cars due to the housing development and the lack of meaningful public transport in the area, this junction will become much busier; leading to lots of noise and air pollution in the area and more congestion on the roads. These roads are already running over capacity and have long delays throughout the day. The pollution will particularly affect me and my family as we live so (location given), but will also badly affect the children of Summerhill Secondary School who have to walk past this traffic on a daily basis.

The public transport in the area of Kingswinford and Wallheath is terrible and very limited, there is no mass transport, commuting in the area is predominantly by car and therefore other areas should be considered that have access to better transport links. The traffic on the road in morning rush hour and on the evening can put upwards of 20 minutes onto a journey. With the addition of traffic from this development and the proposed development in Wallheath this will greatly increase the traffic outside my property and the roads leading into the larger towns (Dudley and Stourbridge.)

The development on the land known as the triangle will be the destruction and removal of the last part of green belt in this local council area, which is terrible news for me and my children's future. The green space of the triangle brings mental and physical wellbeing for me and my children and we often walk the fields to relax and unwind.

To summarise the increase in traffic, pollution and the lack of infrastructure, both in transport and local services make this development and others in the area unsuitable. The removal of the final piece of green belt in this local council ward when other brownfield sites with better transport links are available is unacceptable.


Regards Mark Westwood