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Representation ID: 23464

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Neil Macdonald

As a long-standing resident of South-West Wolverhampton, I wish to register my objection to the plan
included in the Black Country Plan document to build new residential housing on the former Wolverhampton Environmental Centre land adjacent to the Smestow Valley Linear Nature Reserve. This is a valuable area of green space, integrated with a very popular and attractive public resource. Many nearby residents fail to understand why a city such as Wolverhampton with its plentiful supply of brownfield land is considering
encroaching on part of its relatively small reserve of greenery. It seems particularly surprising in the light of the support being provided from several quarters for the setting up of a national brown field development centre at the University of Wolverhampton, a development which I note Wolverhampton BC is happy to
publicise.