Object

Representation ID: 16427

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Diane Jordan

The Black Country Plan is flawed and discriminatory. No effort was taken by councils to ensure residents understood what this plan was about and how it will potentially affects their lives. Too many people still have no idea it exists or what it contains and the consultation period is almost up.
We hear on the news about building on brown fields first but in reality buildings are planned for acre's of Green Belt land. In my own area Pheasey Estate Great Barr 22% of proposed houses are planned on Green Belt land. Once this land is lost it will never return to Green Belt land. My reference here is Walsall Council, Queslette Road/ Doe Bank Lane/ Aldridge Road proposed site.

The loss of so much Green Belt land is bad for mental health, loss of air quality as mature trees are ripped up, loss of habitat for birds, animals and insects threatening the ecosystem in the area. Bricks, concreat and Tarmac may result in severe flooding as this area tries to adjust to excessive surface water likely made worse as people apply to extend these homes in the future. The loss of quality farm land, once buildings and roads go on this land it can never be used to produce food products which may cause food shortages in the future. Why is the Council not encurraging farmers to use this land?

The area around Pheasey does not have sufficient infrastructure to deal with over 900 new houses on this site together with other planned builds in this area. 900 houses will likely come with almost 2,000 cars causing even more traffic congestion and pollution, The NHS doctors surgeries, dentists, and hospitals are all full to capacity as it is. The schools in the area are already over subscribed.

Once these proposed sites are built on the surrounding area will likely get planning permission allowing urban sprawl joining one town to the next encroaching into our Green Belt even further. This conpletely destroys the whole ethos of Green Belt protection. This land will be cheap to build on and brown sites will be left dangeriously contaminated for future generations to deal with. This is against government policy.

I can't object strongly enough to this plan. The loss of fields and woodland will have devistating effects on the future of all lives. When it's gone it's gone forever ..... no food, no amimals, birds insects, no trees, grass or hedges. loss of oxygen just bricks , tarmac and concreate.