Object

Representation ID: 17380

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Barbara Johnson

Walsall Borough Summary - Draft Plan Consultation
I strongly object to the use of the proposed green belt sites for housing shown in the above summary. There is no justification for using these sites when there are so many brownfield sites within Walsall Borough that could be used and brought back into use. The only reason for doing this is that the sites are easier and cheaper for developers to develop for housing and whilst local authorities allow this to continue, they will always opt for greenfield over brownfield.
In particular, I strongly object to the following sites that are being proposed for housing development on greenfield sites -
Yorks Bridge, Pelsall WAH236
Coronation Road/Mob Lane WAH238 and WAH240
In developing these two sites, it will completely destroy the character of the area and the road infrastructure cannot cope with the current volume of traffic that travels through the village of Pelsall, so to build over 1300 more homes on these two sites will cause even more congestion and no regard has been made for the current residents of Pelsall who have had to endure ever increasing volumes of traffic over the last 5-10 years. With the current climate change emergency, we must preserve our green spaces as they are the green lungs of our local community - so to propose housing development in these areas is utterly ludicrous and wrong.
I also strongly object to the Calderfields, Aldridge Road proposal - WAH242 - as this will spoil the beauty of this area next to Walsall Arboretum, the only jewel in Walsall's crown!