Object

Representation ID: 13101

Received: 16/09/2021

Respondent: Jennifer Cooper

Black country plan REF DUH 206,207,209

Please note that I wish to Object to the proposed development of these three sites.
Grounds being
1) Destruction of natural habitat to many wild bird species , small mammals, and bats
2) Loss of an important leisure facility for the people of Stourbridge, walking, jogging, bird watching, pigeon racing and model aeroplane flying
3) Loss of valuable agricultural land in a post Brexit environment of rising food prices and shortages
4) Highway safety. The B4187 is a fast 'winding" road with a history of nasty vehicle accidents
5) increased risk of flooding. The B4187 already regularly floods in several places a further "paving over" of open ground will only increase this risk and its regularity.
6) Increased pollution risk. Not only from the increased number of vehicle movements but also the loss of a valuable natural set of "lungs" that cleans the air.
7) Local infrastructure insufficient to cater for a large influx of families
8) This area of land is a natural buffer separating the borough of Dudley , West Midlands from Hagley a large village in Worcestershire without which it becomes one large conurbation blurring the identities and histories of the two parts.
9) Proposed development is out of keeping with local area