Object

Representation ID: 17469

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Janet Heywood

(Sustainability Appraisal)

I object to Brandhall Golf Course being selected for housing (although apparently no assessment made)

The supposed public consultation was flawed. 3 options - All of which included the building of houses. No options to keep the area as a green space available.
Old Warley has the least amount of green space in the whole of Sandwell.
Table 5.3 - Impact matrix (page 139) shows that SA6999 would be negatively impacted in terms of 1) cultural heritage 2) landscape 3) biodiversity 4) climate change mitigation 5) waste and 6) health and red flagged on 7) climate change adoption 8) natural resources and 9) pollution
How could a council supposedly there to advance the best interests of its residents possibly consider building on this wonderful natural resource? (ctd on enclosed sheet)

Development of Brandhall Golf Course will cause a huge increase in pollution and obliterate up to 4000 mature trees. The site is sandwiched between M5 and A4123 - Wolverhampton Rd The traffic pollution in the area is already well above national norms. Please do not increase/ make worse our environmental problems.

Brandhall Golf Course and the surrounding area already suffers from serious flooding issues. The building of houses here would be not just detrimental but fool hardy in the extreme.

Sandwell council must not build on Brandhall Green Space.