Object

Representation ID: 14307

Received: 21/08/2021

Respondent: Gary Stevens

I object to the building of any further houses on this treasured green belt for the following reasons, firstly the infra stucture can not cope now, let alone potentially another 85 households. Doctors, Dentists, Schools in the area are struggling to meet patients with long waiting lists, with the introduction of additional housing this would escalte the issue further and the solution is not a quick fix. The use of the prouds lane field has been a breath of fresh air during the lockdown period and this impacts on mental health in such a big way, to take it away now will create even more hardship on those that require an area to relax, escape four walls and breethe fresh air let alone the visual amenity and appeal.
The land is also a treasured piece for nature with the trees offering a refuge for wildlife and the geese and ducks that visit the pond this is such a welcome in a town of this size, over night this will just be destroyed and yet took years to create.
What will also become apparently obvious is that extra noise trafiic which will increase as the new households will undoubtably have cars and the subsequent disturbance will swell as alarms and car horns will sound into the early hours. Why should I have to suffer this as a resident close by especially as it will be a created situation and could be avoided by scraping this riddiculous proposal.
To treat this beautiful green belt as a surplus to requirements and the only solution is to build houses is an insult to residents and the people of Bilston. I am passionately attached to this area as my family grew up playing on these fields it is safe and a good distance from roads and traffic. To go ahead and just build more tiny boxes without any thoughts to how this would impact on the people around is an insult to existing tax payers, let alone consideration for flooding and drainage that eventually have its impact on the sewage system and create flood plains, making it harder to obtain insurance and house sales in the future. We reap what we sow and this will only cause problems foir everyone in the future. To even consider the wish of a central government, who are at best happy to bulldoze their way through this land and not even bother what this means to the people, is like an invasion of the vikings. As a council you should see this for what it is worth and not the value, you think it will bring.
Remember it is Bilston residents that are effected by this tragic proposal and not those in Westminister.