Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 15707

Received: 20/10/2021

Respondent: Christopher Parker

Representation Summary:

I moved here approx 15 Years ago
when I moved here the local school was already too full to take my child and also even then the road and adjacent road Fordbrook Lane have been busy around school times and rush hour times

The situation of the roads has gradually got worse to the point where between certain Hours of the day 8.45-9.15am , 2.45-3.15pm and 4.30- 5.30pm we have great difficulty even getting off our Drive due to the amount of traffic queueing to get under the railway bridge, and across the traffic lights on the common. This route is the only way of getting through unless you divert to Brownhills or Rushall.
You are intending to build 7-800 new homes which will only exacerbate this problem to the point where living here could become intolerable with the traffic. Also how are the local schools and amenities going to cope when they could not cope adding one more child in. With recent years a new forest was planted behind our house. and from your plans this looks as though it will be destroyed. With all the issues regarding global warming surely destroying carbon dioxide consuming trees is the last thing that should be done.

The green belt behind my house also a large a diverse wildlife habitat with Green Parrots, Bats, pheasants and even a heard of Deer which appear. You are going to destroy all this habitat

I also heard on the news that Boris Johnson says we should not be building on Green belt land.