Object

Representation ID: 13187

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Eileen Russell

Black Country plan Walsall
I object to all building being carried out on green belt sites but primarily to the area known in your Walsall spatial strategy as Calderfields Aldridge Rd which takes in (not clearly marked) the field at the back of the Arboretum
Given the recent findings on the serious lack of biodiversity (as an example see P23 The Observer 10/10/21 ‘early half of Britain’s biodiversity has gone since the industrial revolution’) we definitely need to keep the green belt around a town like Walsall
at the centre the Arboretum is the lungs of the town Walsall residents use the already limited green space thousands of residents and visitors from near and far enjoy and benefit from the fresh air they provide
the tract of green belt along the side of the Arboretum extension creates a feeling of being in the actual countryside
some residents of Warsaw never get out of town on holiday this green space makes available a source of clean air and open spaces otherwise out of their reach Walsall is suffering greatly from lack of money from central government plus industrial decline health outcomes are declining not helped by pollution caused by our proximity to one of the busiest motorway interchanges in Europe
I would like to stress the following points
• we cannot afford to lose 6% of greenbelt a corridor of rural land was established to enable nature and wildlife to flourish