Support

Representation ID: 18158

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Valerie Bloomer

I support the Conclusions in the Site Assessment Report that protect the greenbelt and green spaces in Dudley borough, and particularly in Cradley & Wollescote and Hayley Green & Cradley South wards by assessing sites there as not suitable for residential or industrial purpose as follows:-
SA-0034-DUD Land North of Oldnall Road; SA-0159-DUD Land West of Avon Road, Cradley;
SA-0245-DUD Land South of Park Road, Cradley; SA-0081-DUD Foxcote Farm, Oldnall Road, Wollescote; SA-0027-DUD Land West of Foxcote Farm, Oldnall Road, Wollescote, DY9 9AR; SA-0079-DUD Land off Wynall Lane South, Wollescote, DY9 9AJ; SA-0036-DUD Land adjacent to Abbey Road, Halesowen, B63 2HH; SA-0040-DUD Land south of Cradley Town FC, Beeches View Avenue, Halesowen, B63 2HH.


I support the protection of greenbelt and green spaces from development of any kind. It's claimed that there are exceptional circumstances now regarding the need for housing and commercial premises. I believe there is no justification for removing the protection on greenbelt and greenfield land. It can never be replaced as a source of pleasure and well-being for the community. It is not sustainable to build on our countryside, resulting in loss of farmland, natural habitat for wild life, hedgerows and trees, and thereby causing irreversible damage to the ecosystems that our world and its peoples depend on.