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Representation ID: 45856

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Michaela Parry

The Triangle BCP Site Ref DUH211 page 371, DSA pages 424-428
HOLBEACH BCP Site Ref DUH 208 page 371, DSA 1 pages 419-423

- Effect on NHS - not enough doctors/Dentists to local area/ Patients have to travel to Kinver at present
patients - on waiting lists now at Russell's Hall for operations, procedures, physio and A&E waits - long patients have to go to walk in centre as GP busy.
Mental Health increased - lock down
- Effect on Roads - A449 busy, noisy road 28/8/21. 16.30-18.00 5000+ vehicles - school holidays.
Local road infrastructure already congested - Air quality - higher C02 emissions. Drivers seen (use Dudley Town) Centre cutting through Maidensbridge - 28/8/21
2nd access road in to A449 - slow traffic forcing drivers to use local village roads (lapwood/Standhills too many in Dudley)

- Effect on local schools - only secondary with places Wordsley, other year groups full. Primary - none in Wall Heath, only Kingswinford. Parents difficulty with places now.
School sizes would increase.
169 new houses Keepmoat Stallings Lane
*no information through door*
Lapwood/Standhills - houses - new & Ketley Quarry.
- Strain on local amenities - lack of parks
- Loss Green belt and impact on local wildlife & environment.
Local people appreciate greenbelt especially since lockdown - impact on mental health if taken away.
The triangle Grade 3 useful agricultural land. Reduce the need to import food in to Birmingham and contribute to easing resource reliance. Govt committed 25 yr plan to protect land of this quality and use soil in sustainable way.
It is also SLINC - sites of local importance for nature conservation, sighting of owls, buzzards, pair red kites, bats & , bees, butterflies and biodiversity thank linked.
*The triangle DUH 211 Page 371 & Wildlife Corridors