Object

Representation ID: 17498

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Rebecca Stanier

Regarding the Black Country Plan: Draft Plan Regulation 18 Consultation
I am logging my very strong objections to this plan.
Firstly I believe the communication regarding this plan has been over complicated and also discriminatory by lack of publication to local residents whom this impacts.
It has centred on website information but you have left out members of the public who either choose not to use or do not have access to the internet. While there has been information provided at libraries and public centres if people were not made readily aware in the first place they cannot access the information and have the right to respond.
With this proposed build there will be irreversible damage to the greenbelt which in itself contradicts the governments plan that the green belt is preserved and maintained, and also to help stop climate change and plant more trees.
There is already established hedgerows and trees in this area which provide oxygen and homes for endangered species ,11 REDLISTED BIRDS are found in this area along with bats and insects all vastly in decline. This will only speed up their journey to extinction.
The mental well being of communities will also suffer, again the government recognise the advantages of greenbelt land has on communities even more so after the past 18months . this will be taken away from existing communities and wont be an option for new communities made in this area after the build.
The present Infrastructure WILL NOT COPE with anymore people in the area.
Schools are already oversubscribed...will any more be built?
Doctors and Dentist already struggle....will there be more surgeries to cope with the influx of patients, all while the NHS is already at breaking point?
Supermarkets are already open 24 hours a lot the time the shelves need replenishing as cannot cope with the customers they have...where will people get their shopping?
Congestion in this area is already high, will the roads be able to cope let alone to mention an increase in pollution, bigger commute times, maintaining of highways.
Building these houses will have negative impact in the area especially with air and noise pollution not only while they are being built but forever afterwards.
Green belt land is in place to stop neighbouring towns merging, assist in the safeguarding of the countryside from encroachment, this build will do the opposite of this nor will it assist in urban regeneration by encouraging recycling or urban or other derelict land. There is also historical facts and buildings within this area which will be lost forever, again very damaging.
There is also a natural water feed with an underground overflow pipe running from Barr Beacon Reservoir next to Doe Bank Lane which the surrounding fields are a flood plane to, if this was built on surely it would be unsafe and cause major problems if it was ever burst/flood.
I strongly believe that you re consider the development in this area and allow it to remain protected, not only for us but for future generations too.