Object

Representation ID: 45955

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Maria Lacolino

The recent pandemic has proven how valuable our green belt/space land is to our health and wellbeing. Furthermore, we know that green belt land is important to our environment and habitats. The reduction in trees is a contributing factor to climate change and green belt sites provide the best locations for trees to be planted.

Whilst only 3% of greenbelt land is being released for development, it sets a precedent in future years for a further 3% to be taken and a further 3% thereafter...until slowly it's eroded to barely a patch on the Dudley map.

Our focus should be to allocate housing on brownfield sites only and regenerate these to meet housing and employment needs. Consideration must to be given to how further brownfield can be released so that no greenbelt / green space is sacrified. The Black Country planning strategy should strive towards ensuring that existing greenbelt / green spaces are maintained for all existing and future residents of the Black Country to enjoy as part of their landscape.