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Representation ID: 45940

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Nicholas Hilliard

Direct quote from Andy Street- April 2021 via www.andystreet.org.uk - "We have shown that there are enough derelict brownfield sites to ensure that nothing is built on the Green belt in the Black Country for at least 10 years, and the Government is providing hundreds and millions of pounds to clean up those old sites so they can be used for housing."

Given the above from the Midlands Metro Mayor I am unsure how development on green belt can be justified. There is a huge amount of disused brown field land within striking distance of these proposed developments- therefore I can see no realistic requirement, bar the fact developers can make more profits (which isn't in the public interest) to develop these sites. Promoting the development of brownfield first should be the priority, it retains our valuable green spaces and improves the look and feel of areas currently derelict thereby having a net positive effect.

In addition the local area does not have the facilities to accommodate more than 2,000 new residents (based on average of 2.4 people per household)- 1) there are already no spare capacity in the schools, this before other new developments are completed in the area (development on stallings lane) 2) A449 is hugely busy and noisy, this will add traffic and also impact the flow of traffic 3) NHS services are already stretched, please note wait times and givernment ratings of service. Finally there is also the loss of habitat and a wildlife that will come with thsi development that should be considered unacceptable in a case where it is patently avoidable.

The plan for Dudley is utterly lopsided 860 of the 1,100 properties planned are in two developments less than 1 mile apart, both affecting Wall Heath. Surely the plan should be more spread out rather than focused in on such a small geography- calling this a plan is about a loose a use of the term as I've seen.