1 Introduction

Object

Representation ID: 11953

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mr David Anscombe

I object to any plan which involves permitting development on greenfield sites, particularly those which have been designated as part of the greenbelt.
Until all other options for development sites have been exhausted (e.g. brownfield sites), no plan should be including any areas for development which encroach on Green Belt, spaces used for public walking or recreation and agricultural land.

Comment

Representation ID: 11955

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Sheeba Mir

I understand your process fine that does not mean I agree to it

Support

Representation ID: 11956

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Sheeba Mir

All make sense but what about the preservation of green belt and its impact on those living around them.

Object

Representation ID: 11981

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Meg Pattern

Do not agree with the number of green belt developments in the area when there are so many brown sites/ empty houses in the area.

Comment

Representation ID: 11983

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Jayne Rose

I must say this document is the most confusing I have ever read! Obviously to ensure that the reader is left totally baffled by its contents and will therefore not comment.

Object

Representation ID: 11989

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lydia Ellis

The context of National guidelines - drawn up by people in London with no understanding of local issues. We need to think locally.

Comment

Representation ID: 11990

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lydia Ellis

Find brownfield sites first.

Object

Representation ID: 11992

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lydia Ellis

We are not here to deal with Birmingham’s problems. We have plenty of brownfield land that can be utilised first.

Support

Representation ID: 11997

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Emma Thompson

no comment

Object

Representation ID: 12006

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lydia Ellis

Needs looking at in a post pandemic and post brexit context. The world has changed. Prioritise the environment and use brownfield first. Each local authority to prioritise and fight for their own needs and not be bullied by Birmingham.

Support

Representation ID: 12074

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Gary Flint

I agree we need land to build on due to population increase and living longer the approach should be brownfield first and using reclamation techniques to achieve this

Object

Representation ID: 12109

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Emily Jones

You state that the Black Country has a high rate of mental health however you are looking at taking away green belt where people often seek fresh air and greenary to help with this. Also how do you propose to school the children and the drs are already overstretched

Comment

Representation ID: 12138

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Stella Taylor

I only knew about this consultation on 10 October 2021. I think there has not been enough done to tell people about it. I think a copy should have been sent to every household. Even filling in this comment has been hard for me to do.

Will housing be affordable? How much will be social/ council housing? Will there be a rule that there will be no buy to let?

Object

Representation ID: 12157

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Kevin Dean

I object to every site that is in the plan to change from Green Belt to building land.
The Green Belt is vital to the Black Country and hidden away in this consultation is a plan to destroy a huge number of Green Belt sites. Parts of golf courses and numerous green recreational sites will be lost.

Object

Representation ID: 12159

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Kevin Dean

I object to every site that is in the plan to change from golf course or green recreational land to building land.
The green recreational areas are vital to the Black Country and hidden away in this consultation is a plan to destroy a huge number of parts of golf courses and numerous green recreational sites.

Object

Representation ID: 12181

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr John Collins

Ensure housing demand has not been overestimated.
Build on brownfield sites first to regenerate High Streets.
Be mindful of changing work patterns which will free up more brownfield sites in future.
Be strong on behalf of the public in standing up to self-interested developers who look for larger easy profits by developing on green belt land.
We object to the use of green belt land in the Plan.

Comment

Representation ID: 12185

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Jacqueline Wellings

Much is made of the importance of open space and biodiversity throughout this document and yet there is a major bias on development and not on brownfield land first land where it is considered prohibitively expensive to develop. This will mean that derelict areas remain derelict and could continue to significantly impair green routes acorss the black country. This comment is placed here but is relevant to a range of areas within the document. More should be made of facilities supporting brownfield development such as University of Wolverhampton’s Brownfield Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC).

Comment

Representation ID: 12188

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Jacqueline Wellings

Comments about the importance of open space are welcomed but the presumption in the document is for development and in many instances loss of open space including re-assessment of areas of the greenbelt. The areas (corridors) of open space for health are minimised by ongoing dereliction in adjacent areas and there needs to be more joined up acknowledgement of these individual statements

Comment

Representation ID: 12213

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr jamie phillips

i support the idea of the strategic plan but believe that the below reasoning is too broad and doesnt give enough focus

Comment

Representation ID: 12214

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr jamie phillips

if the new plan is amended to focus on true brownfield site and work to create green buffers to major motorways and main roads i would in principal support it

Comment

Representation ID: 12215

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr jamie phillips

i do not feel as a resident i have had enough engagement

Comment

Representation ID: 12228

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr jamie phillips

the plan should focus on brown field areas and the regeneration of redundant manufacturing for housing which green space left at is. there is no valid reason to develop on green spaces when the black country has so much brown field land it can use.

Object

Representation ID: 12242

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: J A Wilcox

I object to the whole process. We did not receive any information on the existence of these proposals until six weeks into the so-called consultation. This surely renders any outcome flawed.
Also being limited to 100 words is effectively saying you are not interested in genuine responses.

Object

Representation ID: 12246

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lynne Davies

The Black County has some traditional villages, separated by beautiful green areas. If the green areas are built upon, the villages will cease to be villages. Valuing our green landscape and the wildlife it supports, shows commitment to the remaining beauty of our planet and our areas serious contribution to fighting climate change.

Object

Representation ID: 12275

Received: 13/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Anthony Garbett

No text on comments form to support the objection

Comment

Representation ID: 12298

Received: 29/09/2021

Respondent: Mr John Hemming

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I have just been reading the black country plan posted through my door recently.

I feel what is planned for the Pelsall area is very poorly detailed in your leaflet, my main points are below

1. The map at the back is totally inadequate , Pelsall that will have 43 hectares of green belt land removed isn't even shown.

2.Road names & local features are barely distinguishable

3. It's only by going on to the website and enlarging the individual images that you got a rough idea of where and the scale of green belt desctruction

4. No mention is given of the percentage increase in the population of Pelsall

5. Inadequate me is being given for a proper response to the document

6. No information is being displayed locally within the village , eg Pelsall Village Centre

I look forward to your comments
regards
John Hemming

The main issue with this is that so many people within the Pelsall area are totally unaware of it !

I'm fairly active on social media (facebook, Instagram etc) , listen to the radio (WM & 5 live quite a bit) & I read the free Chronicle weekly paper, but the first I knew of if was a few
weeks ago when Conservative volunteers put a copy of the development plan through my door.

No information is available locally , for example in the village centre

Posting a comment on Facebook's 'Common people Pelsall' page , it turns out hardly any Pelsall people are aware of the plans either!

I feel this is a really serious communication failure , especially considering the impact that this extra population would have on the village of Pelsall

Its almost as if its being kept quiet & swept under the carpet , so it's too late for people to object

Comment

Representation ID: 12302

Received: 07/10/2021

Respondent: Access in Dudley

• Firstly, we want to suggest that we need to be aware of the green space reduction if planning is approved in these areas.
• Green space SHOULD only be used when all other areas have been utilized for housing, such as abandoned homes, factories and office blocks and public houses have been converted into accommodation. All of these things should be done before green spaces are built on.

Comment

Representation ID: 12747

Received: 05/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Phil Williams

I would also like to lodge my dissatisfaction over how inaccessible this consultation was to respond to, with the online portal being unavailable at the time of writing and no notification of this proposal being received other than via letter drops by local residents.
This feels very much like a backdoor way of getting things done, a view supported by the fact I have just witnessed a helicopter carrying out a LiDAR Survey of the site. Given that the consultation window is open until 11th October (i.e. another 6 days) it feels very much like this 'consultation' is merely a box ticking exercise

Object

Representation ID: 12850

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Iris Birch

Wildlife
Birds
Foxes
Hedgehogs
Squirrels
Bats

Lovely trees in the autumn

Comment

Representation ID: 12948

Received: 07/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Sadie Lambert

In the hope that my views are listened too I have composed this email. As part of my complaint is that I/we are being treated quite poorly during this consultation process, I fear you may live up to my expectations and merely ignore me if you should read this at all.
I cannot speak of this matter without mentioning the Black Country Plan, which is in consultation at present.
I understand the need for a 25 year review, as requested by Central government. I understand the need for a request for more housing and the imposition on the planning committee to seek out areas of development.
Then why are the residents of the local area angry at what they perceive is an attempt to blindside us by this poorly communicated important issue when considering our conservation areas?
Running alongside the Black Country Plan, which has been appallingly managed from a consultation issue with the public, it has been seen as a smokescreen to mask the conservation status and potential changes.
I have knocked doors all around the area. Those on the perimeter of the conservation area don’t know about it. I was told only those living within it are informed. I can tell you categorically this is not true as I have asked some of them!
Why has there been no consultation?
Are you trying to hide something. Deceive us?
Because of the complaints a small consultation was given at the Collingwood Centre. But this could only be advertised
by us on the internet at this late date.
Not all resident can access the internet due to the age demographic.
Nothing you can say would placate me/us to say that your communication has been anything other that shameful.