Policy WSA2 – Land at Vicarage Road and Coronation Road, High Heath and land at Mob Lane, Pelsall

Support

Representation ID: 13599

Received: 05/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Philip Lee

Re land adjoining coronation road mob lane Aldridge north and Walsall wood
because I am not convinced that using brownfield sites for housing especially when known or suspected pollution from previous usage may still be present I would prefer the limited use of green belt for housing as envisaged in this draught proposal I think the benefits of using some green open space to provide decent adequately spaced affordable housing would encourage real stakeholder commitment along with the proven benefits of healthier lives As for brownfield sites why not return some of these to naturally green areas possibly adding to future green belt areas surely we have enough urban sprawl without adding to it

Object

Representation ID: 13612

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mark Copeland

What happened to planting millions of trees will not happen
coronation road mob lane
let's start with carbon footprint you are going to build on good farming land that this year has grown wheat and corn for Warburtons the bread makers this land also has lots and lots of mature oak trees and many others it is also a haven for lots of wildlife such as bats newts short eared owls barn owls tawny owls skylarks yellowhammers kestrel's goshawks buzzards peregrine Falcons and lots more lots of people have found our local field a God send while COVID has been here there is not a day goes by when you do not see lots of people walking their dogs and also walking for pleasure and keeping themselves fit I also looked at all the pollution that will come with there being 763 new homes How many cars does that bring into the local Pelsall village and surrounding area plus congestion pollution we already have in the pelsall and Aldridge 3 tips which constantly smell and to top that we have deadly chemical waste plant right on our doorstep and now you want to take our green belt as well I could say more but do not have enough paper

Object

Representation ID: 13616

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Frank Ray

Site number WAH238/WAH240
Education: Where are all the extra school places going to be found? Schools are full now
Traffic: Think about all the extra cars and vans it will put on local roads. Mill Road is gridlocked from 7am till 9.15am and from 2.30pm to 5.30pm weekdays polluting the atmosphere affecting peoples health and creating problems for emergency vehicles that use this road regularly.
Farming: Fields should be used for growing crops to feed people not for fat cats to get richer

Object

Representation ID: 13630

Received: 14/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Sonia Edwards

This comment is in regard to Draft Plan of Black Country Plan Regulation 18 Consultation (Aug 2021).

This comment is an objection to site WAH240and WAH238 for the below reasons
1. Infrastructure in this area does not support the creation of this 713 housing build proposal. there is already daily traffic jams within the area that tail back 1/2 to 3/4 mile. Traffic control has been amended in the area to prevent the high number of fatal and serious traffic accidents.
2. The number of houses proposed within this plan is completely unreasonable, the brown field sites within the Black Country will be more than enough to expand the population aswell as ensure that the people of Walsall are not forced to live in a poorly concieved/planned proposal that was concieved by outdated ideas. The Plan to build 713 homes in this location will build a location of misery for the occupants of the whole area.
3. Wildlife , [Redacted-sensitive information], and a host of other wildlife has made its home here this proposed build will destroy this area.
4. There is a geological fault (Vigo Fault that traverses this area.
5. This is a plan to build on a Flood Plain which will result in an expansion of this flooding affecting more homes in the locality.

Object

Representation ID: 13638

Received: 27/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Laura Gurdin

Doc 55/9403#d9418, Sec C Table 31, Policy Number WSA2, Areas WAH238 and 240


I have lived in and around the Pelsall area most of my life and I take great pleasure in walking over these fields and have done so for many years. I understand that Andy Street and Wendy Morton are trying to use up the Brown Sites First and I applaud them for their efforts but this government and others alike lecture to us about saving the planet and global warming. How we need to clean the air! To buy better and very expensive boilers or expensive electric cars. What about our green spaces, our meadows and trees do they not count in this COP 26 Green plan? This area off Coronation Road/Mob Lane is full of wildlife, Deer, Wrens, Buzzards, Sparrowhawks, Hedge Sparrows, Dragonflies, Skylarks nest in the fields, Field mice, Moles and Voles, Bluetits, Great Tits, Wagtails, Chiff Chaff, Grey Geese feed in the fields when they have flooded, Heron, Cuckoo, Woodpeckers, Bats, Owls, Grasshoppers and Crickets, Spiders, Wild Poppies, Dasies, Meadow Grass,
Blackberry Bushes, Crab Apple Trees, Acorn Trees, Conker Trees. Last year
I was even surprised to see a Kingfisher at the Fordbrook! Then there are our threatened bee population, the list goes on but where do they all fit in with this plan? We are told to build places in our gardens for the wildlife to live and yet their natural habitat is being stripped away bit by bit. The Woodland Trust has advertisements asking for us to leave money in our Wills to help nature, well we can help nature by not digging it up and destroying natural habitats. To quote the BCP Walsall Summary PDF page 5, "the green belt boundary is drawn tightly around the urban edges. To help meet our future housing and employment land needs, there is an exceptional circumstance to alter the green belt boundaries through the Black Country Plan review process, to release land for housing and employment development. It is proposed to remove 6% of the green belt area in the Black Country for development" This will just be the start, each time you "draw up tightly" around an already expanded urban edge the margins are pushed outwards, and another boundary is "drawn up tightly" or should I say loosely! until more houses are needed and another 6% is given away. First it's a few hundred hectares in
the Green Belt Land then in 10 years' time it will be another few hundred, then a few more until nothing is left. Is this the plan to BUILD BACK BETTER!? The Black Country might be "very much shaped by its industrial past." But this does not mean that we are to sacrifice our Green Belt Land and make homeless the wildlife that resides there.

During lockdown these Green Fields have also been a haven for the local residents. They have given us the opportunity to escape our homes and into some quiet green space, to get back to nature, to restore our mental health

and improve on our physical health, and to save the precious NHS. The local residents will have to get in their cars to drive further out to find (if there are any left by the time you've finished) some open countryside to take their walks in, adding further to congestion and air pollution as we can't all afford electric cars! What happens to the road infrastructure, Coronation Road/Field Road and surrounding Rushall/ Pelsall/Shelfield areas already comes to a standstill as it is now, and yet you want to add to this.


It might sound corny but in the words of Janice Joplin "You don't know what you've got till it's gone!"

Object

Representation ID: 13641

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Carole Cole

Re Coronation/ Mob Lane WAH238/WAH240
I am objecting to this application for planning on the above site,. This is Green Belt land for farming and leisure enjoyed by the local community and others.
It will destroy all flora and fauna, damage the environment and increase the effect of global warming.
This is a village community, the roads are already congested at peak times and school times. There is insufficient infrastructure for additional housing, i.e. medical, schools, police and leisure etc.
There are plenty of brownfield sites to build on in Walsall area or redevelop vacant shops, offices in now deserted high streets and shopping malls.
Please, please leave our small portion of countryside alone

Object

Representation ID: 13645

Received: 30/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Mary Metcalfe

I have concerns over using green belt land for these developments and urge the use of brownfield sites first

Object

Representation ID: 13648

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Kevin Adams

I am against all the work which is on the list particularly Pelsall and surrounding areas. I don't know how the roads will cope with all the traffic as well as myself at the minute can't get a regular GP or dentist. I feel schools can't cope and also the greenbelt helps the ozone layer and I moved to Pelsall because I like all the greenbelt on my doorstep so I am totally against all

Object

Representation ID: 13651

Received: 23/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Lynn Humphries

I do not believe that there is any need to use up more greenbelt areas in Pelsall. Over the years they have built up the village at Moat Farm, Clayhanger, Goscote Lane, and many more sites including the estate at the back of St Pauls Crescent. Any more houses and the schools and public services would be stretched beyond capacity. The schools are already creaking under the strain of what has been built already.
Obviously it's people who don't come from Pelsall that are doing this not knowing Pelsall Village heritage, and that we don't want our village to lose its identity or its green places and just become a concrete jungle of houses joining all our small villages into one big splurge.
We need all our green areas, we moved here over 40 years ago for the open spaces, fresh air and trees. Pelsall greenlands have been destroyed enough!
Leave Pelsall alone! No more Houses!

Object

Representation ID: 13657

Received: 20/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Robert Metcalfe

My objection is to the use of Green Belt land. The strategy should be switched to Brownfield first

Object

Representation ID: 13675

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Iris Williams

I object to the encroachment onto Green Belt land
2 This area of Walsall still retains distinct village identity, i.e. Shelfield, Walsall Wood, High Heath, Pelsall. The use of Green Belt begins to erode that identity.
3 So many houses (763) will also impact upon already overused roads. We already suffer severe congestion on local roads i.e. A461 and particularly Mill Road/ Fordbrook Lane. 763 houses potentially equates to an extra 1500 vehicles a day emerging onto a B road or country lane. Plus potential delivery vehicles.

Object

Representation ID: 13773

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Philip Cooper

1. Coronation Road - Mob Lane Site

(i) Existing Infrastructure Problems
(a) Traffic at peak times, massive queues. A potential increase of 1,500 vehicles would only worsen the problem. Physically impossible to widen Coronation Road, which is often reduced to a single lane due to terraced housing occupants needing to park in road.
(b) proposed exists from new housing are dangerous due to restricted views caused by railway bridge and blind bends. A proposed plan to build a fire station to exit into Ford Brook lane was rejected on these grounds recently.
(c) radical changes in thinking needed because of lack of services e.g. schools, doctors, as they are already at breaking point. Additional population using shops in centre of Pelsall will put additional stress on parking which already exists and there is nowhere to use to find a solution to this problem except converting the common into a car park!!!??? The same common which would be needed to take the place of disappearing green belt land.

2. Coronation Road - Mob Lane Site

(D) maps show that proposed houses would be built on Ford Brook flood plain; when climate change is already showing increased rainfall causing flash flooding with disastrous effects. The Rhy Bridge in Ford Brook Lane is often impassable at such times and the brook floods into the fields.
(E) Access to Pelsall on foot is restricted by the distance involved (1 mile in each direction) so reliance on vehicle transport, the bus service is spasmodic.

Environmental Issues

(A) Green belt under threat is a prime nesting site for [Redacted-Sensitive information]. Over last few years definite increase in populations of [Redacted-Sensitive information] which is not reflected in other areas of the country, We also have a thriving population of [Redacted-Sensitive information]. I hope wild life surveys have been done before the submission of this proposal, this year I have noticed that the water quality of Ford Brook has improved sufficiently to support greater nos. of coarse fish - a welcome site.
(B) This land provides a wild-life corridor for many deer spreading out from Cannock Chase. Losing such green belt puts more pressure on important environment/leisure sites like Cannock Chase, Sutton Park, Pelsall Common to name just three, who already suffer from massive overcrowding.

3. Coronation Road - Mob Lane Site

(C) COVID Crisis. The many footpaths existing in this green belt, particularly over the last 2 years, provided a welcome sanctuary for many families to safely get some fresh-air, socially-distance, get much needed exercise and relieve anxiety. Currently, at least, 100 persons a day use these footpaths, they are well-walked, both by local people and those from further afield e.g. Brownhills, Walsall Woos, Hednesford, Burntwood to name just a few.

Where will this outdoor exercise continue, this pandemic is not over, reoccurrence is expected.

(iii) Brown Field Sites

The centre of Walsall if dead, it will not regenerate because shopping habits have changed for good, e.g. shopping on line, retail parks. There already exists in Walsall, services in place and adequate road systems to support a return to residential living. Arguments RE compulsory purchase problems do not hold water here because they exist just as much as in green belt areas. If the argument exists that brown field sites won't provide enough housing, then certainly the use of green belt land definitely needs greater research and planning involving local people and their views then presently exists.

4. Rumours exist that the Black Country Plan has been evolved over at least the last 5 years, so why is it only now that local people's views are being sort - surely this should be done from the outset, or are such plans deliberately kept out of the public view.

Object

Representation ID: 13781

Received: 21/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Joanne Cavill

CoCoronation Rd/ Mob Lane Aldridge North and Walsall Wood
The above public footpaths on this land are used on a daily basis for myself, dog [Redacted-GDPR] . I have walked over these fields for nearly 40 years and not to do this anymore will have a significant effect [Redacted-GDPR].
They were especially beneficial during lockdown to exercise and relieve tension and stress as they provide a safe environment and a sense of freedom which is so important to me as a carer.
One of the reasons we live in Pelsall is due to the Greenbelt areas and common land and for this we pay a premium but it's worth it.
Please consider this as many peoples happy place

Object

Representation ID: 13796

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Mr David Westley

[Site Refs: WSA2 & WSA5]

I strongly object to the 6% reduction in green belt for the building of new homes to be built around Pelsall York's Bridge and Coronation Road and Mob Lane.
I do not believe that that infrastructure for such a large development is in place.
Also the effect the development will have on the environment and wildlife. The wildlife in the area is already being forced into the urban area's due to loss of habitat, the loss of such a large area of land will only exasperate this.
Attacking green belt area's for development should only be used when all other option's have run out not as a easy fix which I think this is.

Object

Representation ID: 13806

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Gerald Nicholson

I wish to object in the strongest possible terms with regards to the proposals for the area that I know best i.e. Pelsall, in the Borough of Walsall.
I have lived in Pelsall [Redacted-GDPR] it is my adopted home, I wish to object to house building at Yorks Bridge (13 Hectares, 580 Dwellings) and Coronation Road/Mob Lane (30 Hectares, 763 dwellings).
Pelsall quite simply doesn't fulfill the major Condition of being "A highly sustainable location where there is pedestrian and Public Transport etc.etc". I believe that local schools, health services and transport capacity are extremely high at present and will be unable to absorb the residents of the additional 1343 dwellings. Simple observations at those locations reveal the roads can barely cope with the present demand/usage let alone what will an extra 1343 would bring.
Additionally selection of those two sites effectively represents that first breach/ encroachment into new areas of Green Belt, opening the door for much further breaches.
Example; Just over 20 years ago Walsall Council gave the approval for a 265 dwelling estate in Pelsall, I was one of the first to take up occupancy, since then the fledgling estate has developed in terms of growing and aging families and, increased volumes of vehicles, in those few years the roads have become noticeably busier making access and egress so much harder. Just imagine the additional impacts caused by 1343 dwellings the majority of which will no doubt initially have 1343 vehicles rapidly increasing 2 or 3 fold.
I implore you to listen to existing Pelsall residents who will be impacted by the proposals then reject the 1343 in favour of providing a more satisfactory location(s) where the impact will be less, preferably Brownfield or more Urban which would have better infrastructure but please not Green Field which once breached will be lost for ever.

Object

Representation ID: 13809

Received: 02/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kathleen Dugmore

I strongly object to plans for the building of houses at land adjacent to houses along Coronation Road/ Mob Lane, Pelsall
'Green Belt Land should mean Green Belt'

Object

Representation ID: 13812

Received: 02/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Graham Coombes

I appreciate the need to provide you housing hence bcp but I do not think that the above should be considered a sustainable location reasons only a few them as follows
1 traffic congestion is already a big problem queues form along Mob Lane, Coronation Rd, Fordbrook Lane and Vicarage Rd building 763 homes will dramatically increase volume, most homeowners will probably own two cars so potentially 1500 cars added to the area. Air quality will deteriorate but already we shut our windows during peak times to avoid the fumes. We also avoid car journeys at these times as traffic conditions are so bad
2 the plan mentions the need to provide healthy and safe places to live but the amount of school traffic is not safe now - our pupils on cycles scooters walking and running across the roads have already caused accidents
3 local infrastructure would not be adequate: insufficient GPs, school places not to mention sewage problems already experienced in coronation road due to lack of capacity of present pipes
4 Wildlife habitats are very important particularly relating to protected species eg [Redacted-sensitive information] which we have at the moment [Redacted-sensitive information] all are seen in this area. With current emphasis on green issues this is a contentious issue with many who feel green belt land should not be built on.
5 Pelsall will be increased in size to such a degree that our village identity will be lost
6 young and old enjoy our precious green belt and I want it to be preserved for future generations I feel green belt should only be built on as a last resort. Brownfield sites are plentiful in the Black Country and should be fully utilised

Object

Representation ID: 13824

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kelly Moriarty-Young

Number of people: 2

WAH238-WAH240 Coronation Rd/Mob Lane
Walsall Greenbelt - I am opposing an objection against building on our green belt for the following reasons
(1) Since the global pandemic the government and NHS Services have acknowledged the on-going rate of mental health & related sucidle Green spaces especially those of a natural environment like our "Green Belt" it is very important to us residents. This is one reason why I chose to live here. Green spaces like our has a positive impact on peoples mental and physical health by having the freedom to go for a walk in nature. This aids many health conditions. i.e mental Health, reduces the risks of stroke, Heart disease and high blood pressure, our Green Belt is more than Just a field or somewhere to build on, it is our lvelyhood our tranquility. nature at its best. Residents of the area + for use this space daily for all the above reasons and to get out of the house. Since the pandemic, We have had to adapt to a New life of working from home and continue to do so which affects your mental health to, so being able to go for a walk clears the mind, aids depression and anxiety and lifts peoples spirits - 'Walking the streets is not the same, with the houses being built and the nature destroyed people will not go out.
(2) There is wildlife on the greenbelt, horses, deers and bugs + insects this is their habbitat, My son loves to go over there on a bug hunt, to look at the horses and get muddy. This is good for their development and mental health to. Due to greenspaces decreasing over time this will have a negative impact on the next generation's development. Children thrive with health & wellbring when they are able to access green spaces.
(3) There has been a lot of talk in recent years about clean, air, climate change and pollution, is this not going to go against all those comments / strategies that have been mentioned? Building 800+ houses on our greenbelt, causing more pollution than there already is? The streets leading to the area are already full with parked cars for residents who have to park across the paths to allow through traffic to pass. You can't get passed them with a pushchair or to your front door as it is. We then have to deal with the school traffic, with cars that park anywhere more houses means more cars, more pollution and Emissions which will be detrimental to health in the long term.
(4) 800+ houses on that land, Where are they all going to go to school? Or What doctors are they going to go to? Its hard enough now to see a G.P Without adding more familles into G.P's lists. and as for Schools. I can't even get my [Redacted-GDPR] son into any Local school as they say we Live to far from either one. being 1 mile. Its an absolute Joke. but yet you want to propose to build 800+ houses. Where are they all going to go to school? and why should they all get school Spaces. When I have lived here the majority of my life and went to these schools, but yet my children cant even get a space at a normal time let alone with another 800+ families.
(5) There is already ASB in the area, caused by both people in the area and Shelfield School Children, we have children playing outside till gone 10pm If not later, running all over your garden, sweariing, banging on your windows, riding their bikes up and down your path this is the same for the school schildren leaving the school. too, smoking + swearing as they passby. the parents park across your drive, even though there is a dropped kerb So you can't get off your drive. If you ask them to move you get a mouthful of abuse.
the crime in the area has increased with people breaking into you houses, stealing your cars off the drive the increased pressure to keep your house + belongings secure by investing in CCTV and alarms living in fear that all you've worked for will be taken this will only increase if houses are built, as there is no youth clubs or places for the young ones to go, except drinking, smoking weed over the park. Shouting verbal abuse as you walk with your dog or child.
(6) yes I am aware that houses need to be built for the current demand but Why build it somewhere that is enjoyed by so many people.
the reason I live in the area, Is because of this I can get to Brownhills, Aldridge, Walsall via the greenbelt and enjoy many walks across there. It is not houses that need to be built, you need to address the extortionate amount of rent landlords are charging.
If houses are built on the greenbelt, I will be putting my house up for sale and moving to another borough that can offer something that I already have now, the greenbelt is the reason I Live here.

Supported comments also by
Mr Steven Young
[Redacted-GDPR]

Object

Representation ID: 13828

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Kimberley Moriarty

WAH238 WAH240 (Coronation Rd/mob lane.
I think these fields are part of the community, I use these fields for recreation. It is also arable land were corn is grown. Also you can't always get a doctors, Dentists or school place. If I want a doctors appointment I have to call at 8.30am every morning until I get one it could, be quicker to present at A&E. It shows how much pressure is already on our facility and amenities. I live in a terraced house with no drive, cars park half on the oath half on the road, you cant get a wheelchair or pushchair past on the path and when I put my bin out on collection day a pedestrian cant get past either. But these cars have to park Like this as the road is not wide enough and traffic would not be able to pass. The Junction onto Spring Lane is also small a car going into spring lane and a car comming out onto coronation Rd could accommodate any more traffic, its bad bad enough now. I think if houses are built on this green belt we will be over populated, and what will the children do as there are no youth clubs, will we have antisocial behaviar and crime rising, and we don't have a police station either. Just to add about congestion if the houses are built most families are not one car families anymore.

Object

Representation ID: 13833

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Tammy Moriarty

I live in a flat with my son, and I dont have my own garden, so I use this Green belt a lot. WAH238 WAH240 (Coronation Road/mob lane.
Also we have lost some of our senior schools so a lot of children now go to Shelfield Academy. Im sure it must be full to capacity, for how. many children and cars there are. We have some primary schools, but there is a waiting list and we can't even get our children in, so were will the children of the families go, if houses are built here. It is also extremely difficult to get on a doctor's panel, let alone an appointment, I have to travel to Willenhall for my NHS denist too. The road in coronation road gets very congested at times and I waited in a car in a queue for 20 mins before, Just to get out of the Junction leading of Broadway onto Coronation Rd is very tight, I have even seen buses get stuck. There are double yellow lines on corner of coronation Rd but cars still park there because there houses have no driveways then you can't see when you pull out it's a small Road not wide enough for extra traffic.

Object

Representation ID: 13897

Received: 07/10/2021

Respondent: Mr & Mrs Ernest & Molly Davies

Number of people: 2

There have been enough Green Belt 8 taken in the past. A lot of farm land too.
We need to keep the Green Belt that we have such as the area of Coronation Road/ Mob Lane.
If me as a community do not object to these proposals we will have no GreenBelt left!!
If these houses are built what then happens regarding schools, Doctors and there amenities and how will the be accomoded?
Too many families & sharing not enough amenities.
A sad place Pelsall will be when it becomes overcrowded!

Object

Representation ID: 13932

Received: 07/10/2021

Respondent: Ms Janet Gottlieb

(Coronation Road/ Mob Lane Planning Housing, Walsall Wood/ Shelfield)

My household strongly objects to the proposal of 750 houses designed for the coronation road/ mob lane area for Shelfield Walsall Wood site on farm lane opposite Shelfield School.

This land is farmed continuously so not only reducing food crops, but also enormous devistation to the wildlife in and around the area, including deer.

This would also give rise to the intolerable extra pressures on road traffic going via green lane, which by the way, we have to suffer already of speeding vehicles along the lane, having no consideration of the 30mph limit.

Consider the uncontrollable use on a much aged Walsall Wood Black Cock bridge in need of repairs as it stands.

The sewage works site would be inendoured with extra consumptions, which we have enjured floods from the sewage site many times in the past.

So overall, yes, we may need housing but why on good fields land in relation to say disused sights and reclaimed land.

Please reply same to my email address.

Object

Representation ID: 13965

Received: 01/11/2021

Respondent: Ms Lorna Edwards

My objection is regarding the Housing development on greenbelt land to the rear of Coronation Road ,Ashton Drive and Mob Lane.

Irreplaceable Greenbelt land, which supports a wide bio-diversity of wildlife and wild plant species, which currently is productive arable land.

Flood risk:- To Mob Lane, Ashton Drive and Coronation Road. Some of the properties have already come close to flooding due to storm water runoff from the fields at the rear of Mob Lane, my patio has flooded recently photo's of which can be provided. Can the council / local authorities guarantee that this will not happen should any development take place.

Infrastructure:-The roads and lanes were never built to take the current level of traffic we have now, let alone the huge increase a new development would bring. This increase in traffic will add to the air pollution which the lack of green belt would fail to neutralise. Many of the local junctions already suffer congestion at various times of the day causing delays and frustration, mainly due to the narrowness of the Roads and Lanes and parked vehicles. How can this possibly be resolved.

Please protect our greenbelt, build on more brown field sites, and areas of better accessibility and use up the empty properties around the town. If we keep chipping away our greenbelt we will have nothing left for our future generations. At what point do we consider a town to be full to capacity and development needs to take place in another borough.

Object

Representation ID: 13998

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Mr & Mrs James & Beverley Cullen

Number of people: 2

SITE NUMBER: WAH236 (YORKS BRIDGE)
WAH238 WAH240 (CORONATION RD/MOB LANE)

WE OPPOSE THE USE OF GREEN BELT LAND AT YORKS BRIDGE, CORONATION ROAD AND MOB LANE FOR NEW HOMES.
THIS WOULD PUT ADDITIONAL AND UNECESSARY STRAIN ON FACILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE E.G. SCHOOLS, DOCTORS, MEDICAL CENTRE, DENTIST.
THE FINGER POST JUNCTION IS ALREADY BUSY, AND AT TIMES DANGEROUS, WITH THE AMOUNT OF EXISTING TRAFFIC.
I HAVE LIVED IN PELSALL MOST OF MY LIFE, AND HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT GROW FROM THE SMALL VILLAGE I WAS BORN IN. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE IT GROW FURTHER INTO A SMALL TOWN.
THERE IS PLENTY OF BROWN FIELD SITES IN AND AROUND WALSALL THAT SHOULD BE USED FOR THE HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT BUILDS, WITHOUT THE NEED TO BUILD ON GREEN BELT LAND.

Object

Representation ID: 13999

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Mr & Mrs James & Beverley Cullen

Number of people: 2

SITE NUMBER: WAH236 (YORKS BRIDGE)
WAH238 WAH240 (CORONATION RD/MOB LANE)

WE OPPOSE THE USE OF GREEN BELT LAND AT YORKS BRIDGE, CORONATION ROAD AND MOB LANE FOR NEW HOMES.
THIS WOULD PUT ADDITIONAL AND UNECESSARY STRAIN ON FACILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE E.G. SCHOOLS, DOCTORS, MEDICAL CENTRE, DENTIST.
THE FINGER POST JUNCTION IS ALREADY BUSY, AND AT TIMES DANGEROUS, WITH THE AMOUNT OF EXISTING TRAFFIC.
I HAVE LIVED IN PELSALL MOST OF MY LIFE, AND HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT GROW FROM THE SMALL VILLAGE I WAS BORN IN. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE IT GROW FURTHER INTO A SMALL TOWN.
THERE IS PLENTY OF BROWN FIELD SITES IN AND AROUND WALSALL THAT SHOULD BE USED FOR THE HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT BUILDS, WITHOUT THE NEED TO BUILD ON GREEN BELT LAND.

Object

Representation ID: 14038

Received: 04/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Alison Pearce

WAH236, WAH238, WAH240

Save our villages
Use Brown field Site
Not Green belt

Object

Representation ID: 14053

Received: 21/09/2021

Respondent: Christopher Lacey

Re: Proposed House Building Site - Coronation Road/Mob Lane WH238

1. The proposed site for 736 houses is on arable - farming - land in a Green Belt Area. It is not brownfield/ Industrial/ Unused land. This area was and still is used by local residents for walking and exercise during the Covid Epidemic. The development would mean the loss of a valuable local amenity.

2. The Plan would need access to local roads already heavily congested by traffic. There has not been sufficient consideration of how roads would need to be improved to cope with the extra traffic.

3. Local schools in Pelsall are already over subscribed and with the demand for places by 736 families further traffic problems would be caused by longer travel to other Walsall schools.

Object

Representation ID: 14067

Received: 24/09/2021

Respondent: Alison Wright

i am writing to object to the planned building work in Pelsall, specificcally the Coronation Street/Mob lane site.
This is one of the most ludicrious suggestions that i have heard for the following reasons -

-the roads are small, cannot cope with the current traffic conditions, especally when the schools are arriving and leaving

-the area is beautiful

-these fields are used for exercise - both dog walkers and individuals

-there are lots of different widelife animals living there

-a group of deer live there and are loved by the locals

-the infastructure cannot cope with this additional housing

-the local traffic is crazy at the best of times

-the area does not need further housing

-there are NUMEROUS brown belt sites in the area that could be used to build on

-do not take away this beautifu area from the locals who use it daly

Object

Representation ID: 14080

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Shelley Hutton

I am particuarly perturbed to see plans to build more housing at the Coronation Rd/Mob Lane site and also Yorks Bridge, Pelsall, However Coronation Road present more of a concern to me.
The first thing I worry about is the provision of more schools and Dr's, as well as other amenities. TheDr's and Dentist surgeries in the WS3 /WS4 area's are already over subscribed. My childrens primary school has just undergone a £1 million expansion to take it from a 2 form to a 3 form entry. Even if you plan to build another school, building 2 village within 2 village is not a progressive step to housing needs.
If you live in Pelsall or pass through during rush hour (am/pm) you will be familar with how problematic it can be just to make a simple 5 minute car journey.
Building 763 units in the middle of Pelsall where the spine road would meet Fordbrook Lane or/and coronation Road will cause carnage. I know this because it already is CARNAGE with traffic. When I need to reverse from my drive at 4:45 twice per week to take my child swimming it can take up to 10 mins just to get off my drive. I have to rely on the courtesy of the road users blocking my drive. It really will be a desperate situation to increase this already too heavy traffic.

I don't expect emotive reasoning to be factored into your decisions but I have space on the paper so why not! the reason I fell in love with my home was the purity of nature [Redacted-GDPR]. Horses grazing in the field, dragonflies hovering over the brook and a bold but graceful heron who reguarly visits. The variety of birds we have nesting provided my sons lockdown hobby last year. I spend my summer evenings with my children watching the [Redacted-sensitive information] glide around the garden. the nature and open space around this area has bought up so many children over the decades. It is our land too! we pay our taxes, we should be able to have a say in keeping this land for all to enjoy.

Object

Representation ID: 14106

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Amanda Freeman

Objection to Yorks Bridge & Coronation Road/ Mob Lane. Pelsall.
My home village of Pelsall has retained its village status * appeal for hundreds of years. Although I accept it has grown in the 56 years I have lived here I believe that additional building on the 2 proposed sights will be damaging to the environment and spoil the beautiful green belt land that we are very lucky to have. The areas are outstanding and most residents use these for walking, cycling, entertaining children & introducing them to nature on our doorstep. The benefit for residents & visitors is immense and helps with the many mental health issues we all now face! Additional homes in these areas will bring more traffic, pollution and take away Greenbelt land that is precious to us all in Pelsall.
I would state that there are Brownfield sites in Pelsall that have been derelict for years, eg. The site at The Bush Inn - this is a large area that I sure could be used for a small quantity of housing that residents would accept, rather than a supermarket which has been proposed.
I strongly object to the new housing on Greenbelt land. Use Brownfield sites a derelict buildings that could be refurbished and maintain the character of the area.
Pelsall Greenbelt should be protected, I cannot see other areas accepting these proposals as our open land is an environmental success and provides stimulation to residents and helps support mental health.