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Representation ID: 14617

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Margaret Middleton

Greenbelt farmland in Wednesfield - ‘Wood Hayes Road’ (incorrectly labelled Wood End Road)

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I have been made aware of the above proposed building development and am writing to express my concerns relating to infrastructure, ie access to Doctors’ surgeries, already a problem in this area with most GPS oversubscribed and people having to wait a length of time to see a doctor and that’s assuming they have been able to make contact with the surgery to make an appointment in the first place! The same applies to dentists. All Schools in the local area, both primary and senior are oversubscribed and have little room for expansion. I also have concerns as to the proposed road access to these properties, as it will undoubtedly impinge on what are already very, very busy local roads. Residents in Wood End Road are also fighting Staffordshire Council in relation to proposed development on both sides of Blackhalve Lane. As a local resident I already have difficulty accessing my home at times due to existing very heavy traffic.

Finally I have a sense of outrage that every bit of greenbelt land on the perimeters of our city appear to be viewed as ‘easy pickings’ by developers and our local Council. These small pockets of green grass and old lanes have been vital to the well-being and mental health of so many people, giving us all an opportunity to walk somewhere locally (without using a car), something we have all come to realise is vital to all communities. I find it incredible that all our brownfield sites appear to have been used, or considered. Yesterday I drove down that lane from the Cannock Road and walking towards me were two young boys carrying a football, chatting away to each other, fresh from having a game on the playing field. I could go on and mention the bluebells etc., but I would just like councillors to be aware that ultimately their decisions affect so many of us, they are the guardians of the beautiful, and not so beautiful, green lung of our city.