Object

Representation ID: 14922

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Helen Hoult

I strongly object to the construction of houses on the site of the former Wolverhampton Environment Centre (WEC). I cannot believe that the previously developed site has been removed from the green belt. What is the point of having a green belt if sections of it can be removed so easily?
The outline planning permission has now lapsed and probably would not have been granted if enough
members of the public had been aware of the implications of what was happening. There was public consultation but in my opinion, there were flaws in the way it was presented by Wolverhampton City Council. New outline planning permission should not be given.
THE WEC is a wonderful area of open space, in a city that has very little green space. The benefits of open space to the mental health of society have been well publicised during the pandemic. I believe that no houses should ever be built on the site or in any part of the Smestow Valley Local Nature Reserve, a wonderfully unique treasure in the landscape of Wolverhampton.