Object

Representation ID: 45835

Received: 15/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Stephen Webley

Objection

Loss of green belt - it is better to use brownfiled sites. This is also useful grade 3 agricultural land and building on it should be prevented. Also the Visual Amenity of the area and its natural character would be adversly effected. If this goes ahead and proposed A449 Road reforms proceed this will set a dramtic precident for redrawing of greenbelt boundaries.
Quality of life - there will permanent loss of countryside, higher noise levels adversly affecting already pressured wildlife and recidencies. There will also be an increase in trafiic pollution and genral impact from comstruction noise and traffic.
Impact of traffic and transport - increased consequences to raod saftey due to increased traffic. Road congestion is already too high. There is an acute lack of public transport already and lack of cycle lanes. We do not want anymore roads including the Western Strategic Orbital Route. We also have poor acces to rail, as it is any planned development will make this much worse. Therte are at least two other sites at Stallings Lane and Ketly Quarry (within two miles) which have no infrastructure improvements and make current infratsture even more untenable as it is.
Pressure on local facilities- there are not enough Ors surgeries, schools, shops, emergency services to serve the Dudley area as it is. The proposal to build 533 new houses would put overwhelming pressure on currently stretched services. The road infrastructure is already at maximum capacity. There is little local employment opportunities, and high value housing will not solve the problem of affordable housing for current residents of the area that already needs investment in a sustainable infrastructre for health and education services.
Destruction of the local enviroment - Loss of ancient trees and hedgerows that are the basis for natural habitats and bioderveristy that is already under pressure. This will contribute to climate change. The proposal will cause the loss of wildlife and wildlife corridors linking green spaces. The proposal will also increase the risk of flooding and decrease the ability of the natural enviroment to act as natural drainage in the area. It would lead to the demise of important local footpaths in the area. The impact to wildlife would be irreversable and unforgivable. Prestwood is also a locally designated Historic Landscape Area containing a collection of designated ancient monuments. There is also huge opposition within the local community who will vote accordingly in future ellections. Moreover it does not meet the needs of the community for affordable housing.
The proposal breaches The National Planning Policy Framework - that sites of biodiversity should be protected (para 170). Land with the least envoremental amenity should be considered and habitat networks preserved (para 171 ). Biodiversity should be protected and enhanced (para 17 4 ).
Inappropriate development is defined as harmful to greenbelt (para 174) less