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Representation ID: 18283

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Lauren Williams

My objection is to building housing on green belt land behind Lazy Hill road and Stonnall Road. Green belt should be protected. It is environmentally unfriendly to excavated and build more housing in this area, specifically behind Lazy Hill Road. This has been farmland for centuries, and by building on this land it not only destroys the true heritage of Aldridge, but also the beautiful, idyllic countryside that Aldridge and surrounding areas have to offer. There are plenty of Brownfield sites that could be used to achieve the same result. I, for one, am sick of seeing disused buildings around the area and then new housing being built on greenbelt. An example being the Care Home built on the Chester Road. We aren't gaining any new farmland in the country. As a country we are moving towards being more self sustainable, less reliant on non-renewable energy sources and reducing our carbon footprint. By removing all this greenbelt, we will be moving in the complete wrong direction. It will also destroy the habitat of wildlife whom we should be seeking to protect. Housing is also proposed to be built on mineral sites. Building on the land will devalue many houses and destroy the livelihoods that many residents have. The extraction process will be disruptive and unnecessary. Nearby services aren't large enough to cope with all these homes due to be built. Schools, nurseries, GPs are already at capacity. It will benefit no one. It will bring a lot more traffic to the area, further increasing the carbon emissions for the local council. As a borough we should seek to set examples to the wider county and country by developing Brownfield sites and existing services rather than building on and destroying green belt. With the proposal of 450+ new homes, this will bring to the area so much traffic, how will the roads cope with it. Lazy Hill Road is narrow leading to an almost single track lane, surrounded by farm land. Stonnall road is of a similar size. Both back onto the Chester road, a 50mph limit, it will be dangerous, especially if these 450+ homes have children living in them, let alone the safety of the village as it is, without the additional traffic. Parking around Leighswood school at rush hour is dangerous enough.