Object

Representation ID: 17771

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Katie Turley

Objection to the Black Country Plan.

Date Sunday 10/10/2021

I have read and studied the Black Country Plan and I object to the proposals to build hundreds of homes on green belt land as part of the Black Country Plan.

There are many and varied reasons why I oppose these developments on our precious green belt land and I list them below:
Firstly I believe there is a flaw in the projections that underpin the plan. The projections come from the Office of National Statistics and are based on the average growth of the previous 20 years. The ONS stated that 86% of the growth in population in this period was largely due to free movement within the EU. We have now left the EU and free movement of populations has ceased. The Black Country Plan will be forcing us to build over precious green belt land for homes that are not needed!

There are many other reasons to be concerned and I list a few below.

1 Highways – our road infrastructure is already at capacity with long delays to journey times at pinch points along our high streets including, Kingswinford Sedgley, Wallheath and Wordsley to name a few. Building even more homes will severely add to this problem of congestion whilst increasing pollution and hence global warming as well as adding to the stress levels of commuters and also pedestrians.
2 Infrastructure – Schools, Hospitals, Dentists, Doctors GP surgeries are all creaking under the demands of the existing population. Adding thousands more homes will make the demands for those services rocket even higher!
3 Mental wellbeing – these precious Green areas help to give local people solace from the stresses and demands of our crowded and pressured lives. One adverse example is the proposal to build 24 homes on land off Viewfield Crescent Sedgley, means that on rare occasions of snowfall local children (and Adults) will be deprived of one of the few places they can use sledges due to the severe slope of the land.
4 Local wildlife, flora and fauna – we are being urged to plant more trees to help battle global warming, thses plans will result in the loss of hundreds of trees which will never be replaced!

Every attempt must be made to stop the ever increasing population explosion in our country nationally and locally, otherwise Britains “green and pleasant land” is doomed. As our representatives you must do everything in your power to protect every square inch of our precious Green Belt areas