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Representation ID: 16317

Received: 05/10/2021

Respondent: Mr David Khayat

I would like to voice my strong objection to proposed housing site WAH237 in Aldridge, Walsall. This is green belt land, part of an essential buffer between local towns and includes significant amounts of hedgerows which are crucial to our wildlife and their habitats. Nationally the rate of green belt developments has been increasing and this is is not sustainable for our environment - once its built on, you can never get it back. I think you have a duty to protect the green belts in your authority to avoid the detrimental effects losing our countryside and adversely affecting climate change.
In additional to my environmental objections I would also like to raise the question of affordability in the WAH 237 proposed development site. Newly built housing in this area will be completely unaffordable for people on housing waiting lists or those trying to get on the housing ladder? even 3 bedroom semi-detached houses will be over the national housing price average and totally out of reach for those who really need housing. So what this development would actually achieve is just another tidy profit for a housing developer with no impact on easing the problem for providing affordable housing. With the exponential decrease in High Street Shopping, which is only likely to continue, why not convert more retail land and unused industrial land to residenital? Redevelopment on this land would be far more environmentally friendly and would actually help ease the housing affordability crisis. Please don't be responsible for tarmacing over our green belt when our retail centres in Walsall are like ghost towns.