Support
Draft Black Country Plan
Representation ID: 18278
Received: 04/10/2021
Respondent: Mr Lance Cartwright
SUPPORT POLICY ENV 5 Historic Character & Local Distinctiveness of the Black Country and designation of Corbett Meadow (Dudley) as Area of High Historic Landscape Value.
The legacy of the philanthropist John Corbett very much lives on in Amblecote through road names, local industry and more than anything else the Corbett Hospital on The Hill estate which John Corbett gifted to the people of Stourbridge - the site is often referred to when giving directions to those who don’t know the area in detail.
The history of John Corbett is well known and locally people look upon him with pride and affection. The Lodge Building by the Corbett Gates bears his coat of arms and more modern tributes to this great man are displayed on the exterior pharmacy walls just below the meadow and very appropriately on John Corbett Drive.
It would morally be quite fitting if the remaining meadow was once again used to benefit the local community in the way that he originally prescribed and intended.
The designation of the Corbett Meadow as an Area of High Historic Landscape Value is wholly justified and I fully SUPPORT it.