Object

Representation ID: 21432

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Ms Sharon Addison

Dudley housing allocations in the black country plan HOU1
Site ref DUH010
Ruiton St, Lower Gornal
I object on the basis that this is an area of natural habitat and should be preserved for this reason as well as providing valuable green space to the community.

Site ref DUH208
Holbeache Lane, Kingswinford
As a site of local importance for nature conservation and also green belt, I strongly object to the development of this site, in order to protect this habitat of biodiversity. Brown field sites should be used, rather than green belt land, especially when green belt land adjoins other green areas and provides wildlife corridors. We should work to join these up, rather than destroy them. It also provides a buffer between the built-up area and the greater countryside and is a prized area of local landscape and history.

Site ref DUH210
Viewfield Cres, Dudley
I object strongly because this is a site of local importance for nature conservation and It forms a wildlife corridor that links with the adjacent nature reserve. It is hugely important, both for ecological reasons and also for local views enjoyed by the far-reaching community. We should be working to join up areas of green belt land to create wildlife corridors and opting for building on brown field sites instead.

Site ref DUH 211
Swindon Rd Triangle, Wall Heath
I strongly object to the development of this site because it is a very prominent and much-loved area of green belt land and a site of local importance for nature conservation. It provides habitats for wildlife that link to a wider wildlife corridor and provides important green space for the wider community and is visited from further afield for this purpose as well. It also acts as a buffer between the built-up area and the open countryside.

Site ref DUH218
Guys Lane, Lower Gornal
I strongly object to this development on land that has been used by the community since the estate was built on the old woodland in the 1960s. Although it may seem to be a site that is smaller and less significant than others, it is of far greater importance, providing the only wildlife corridor that links Barrow Hill Nature Reserve to the wider countryside out beyond Himley to the west. I believe it would adversely affect the biodiversity of Barrow Hill nature reserve if this land were to be developed for housing. It is a site of local importance for nature conservation in its own right and provides a valuable habitat for the many species I have seen here over the past 50 years.