Policy DSA1 Land South of Holbeach Lane /Wolverhampton Road, Kingswinford

Object

Representation ID: 13317

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Chloe Stephenson

Holbeache REF: DUH 208 Page 371

Although I appreciate more social & affordable housing is required, I don't feel that building on the above sites is the answer.
Kingswinford has already been hit hard with the latest developments on Stallings Lane & there are yet more houses to come without taking the Holbeache Plan into consideration.
How will single carriageways cope with this traffic, it can't already? Just a simple makeover off Morrison's ends up beingan ordeal - people tend to turn left then turn around on Avondale Rd to go back the other way again.
When leaving the m5 to return to K'ford, you know you have a lenghty (time-wise) journey ahead due to the sheer volume of traffic. It has been like this for many years & only get worse if this plan goes ahead. We simply do not have the infrastructure to cope. I can see more people moving out of K'ford rather than in! One of the reasons I did.

Object

Representation ID: 13331

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Colin Taft

Holbeache REF: DUH 208 Page 371 (DSA 1 pages 419-423)

I am objecting to the proposed building development on green belt in the Kingswinford area. There has been substantial new housing built in the area over the last few years on Brown Belt land. That has placed considerable and obvious strain on schools, doctors' surgeries, transport and environment. This area's services could not accommodate any further strain on its services.
This proposal also flies in the face of the whole ethos of green belt land which has brought in to stop the spread of urbanisation and maintain areas where agriculture, forestry and outdoor leisure can thrive. Urban spread and its consequential impact must be avoided.

Object

Representation ID: 13344

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Darren Parsons

Over crowded school's will reflect on the student's results. Local services will also suffer, as a council you already struggle to maintain the local area, grass not being cut etc! Roads are already totally congested! More potholes than roads! This could bring over 2000 more cars to roads that cannot cope already not to mention the pollution this would cause! Doctor's services & hospital would struggle even more to cope.
We have very little green belt spaces where we can walk already! 4 developments have already caused this lovely area to be a nightmare and overpopulated. Yes we need more houses, however not using what little green belt we have left. I strongly opose this development.

Object

Representation ID: 13348

Received: 25/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Duncan Davies

Objection to the development of this site.

Object

Representation ID: 13351

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Zoe Hilliard

There is a huge amount of disused brownfield development sites available in the black country, I see no
reason why greenfield should be developed at this point. These greenfield sites are seemingly just the
developers pressing for the biggest possibel returns, the council should target developers on using many of
teh disused sites to improve the characteristics of the area rather than build on greenfield which only
worsens the lives of residents. I also worry about the strain on our roads, amenities (doctors, hospitals), and
impact on the wildlife which is so cherished in this area.

Object

Representation ID: 13353

Received: 10/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Brenda Whitworth

I object to the building proposals on:
Holbeache lane Ref DUH208
The triangle Ref DUH211
P371
-Effect on local services, waiting time at GP Surgeries
-Effect on local roads
-Effect on local schools
-Loss of green belt land

Object

Representation ID: 13358

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Yvonne Sutton

These developments will create total traffic chaos for existing residents.
Kingswinford is already suffering from this. How about school places? Doctors and dentists will be over subscribed.
More small shops would be needed.
The hospital would be under extra pressure.
Jobs?

Object

Representation ID: 13367

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Cyril Heathcock

Objection to the Holbeache site DUH 208 Page 371

There is already a massive complex of housingbeing built at Himnley View, the old brickworks and opposite where Oak lane meets Tansey Green. These are being built on brownfield sites not on Green belt land. The roa dinfrastructure around Wall Heath and Kingswinford is already at breaking point and building more houses on the Holbeache site would add to it. The current state of traffic around Stallings Lane, Pensnett, Kingswinford leading to Amblecote and Storubridge is GRIDLOCK. We have no rail links, metro or decent public transport building on these sites would add to the conjestion of traffic. The Green belt should not be built on, it should NOT be built on, it should be left to our XXXXXX once its gone its lost forever.
Apart from the traffic conjestion around the area, at the moment we cannot see a doctor, who are not taking new patients both here and Kinver, schools are full. It is 100% true that the roads around this area cannot cope with an increase in traffic and building on this plot should not be allowed.

Object

Representation ID: 13375

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Yvonne Kilmurray

Black Country Site Assessment report
Dudley Appendix A Page 79 "The Triangle" SA 0025 - DUD
I am appalled at the Black Country Draft Plan for 533 houses at The Triangle (Swindon Road) and 330 houses at Holbeach Lane. It will have great effect on local services NHS. There are not enough local doctors and dentists in the area. [...] and it is a nightmare to get onto Swindon Road already on a weekend and also the A449 is a extremely busy road. The effect on schools would be dire there are not enough school places already. Local road infrastructure is already congested extra vehicles will cause higher CO2 emissions and poor air quality. Loss of Green Belt will impact on local wildlife and the environment. There is huge opposition to these plans and I have already emailed Andy Street. IF GREEN BELT IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON LIKE THIS WHAT IS GOING TO BE LEFT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS? A CONCRETE JUNGLE. REMEMBER: ONCE GONE, GONE FOREVER!

Object

Representation ID: 13376

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr William Leyson

AREAS - C - SOUTH OF HOLBEACHE LANE & D - LODGE LANE I SWINDON ROAD.
(ITEMS NOT IN ANY SPECIFIC ORDER.)
1)AFFECTS ON LOCAL N.H.S SERVICES;
Medical services are not adequate at the present time as it is. G.Ps & dentists being the main shortages at present. Infact my Surgery, at Moss Grove have had to introduce a new system to take the prassure Moss Grove by using Kinver Surgery for patients to help with their overload. This system was introduced before the Pandemic.
Russell Hall Hospital are still not meeting the 4 hour waiting time applicable since 2019.
being in my late lOs i have first hand knoledge of the services at the hospial and they are struggling on numerous fronts this would include parking facilities with backing cars backing up now within their parking areas and offsite parking where are all the extra patients from the proposed new housing developments going to cope with this problem. This wouid include ambulances no call out nad delivering patients. Last year I had a 2 hour wait for an ambulance for my wife who had fallen in doors and i couldnt lift her up, in the early hours how can they cope during the day.
2) AFFECTON LOCAL HIGHWAYS, TRANSPORT & SCHOOLS;
These areas are at full capacity or more at rush hours and various times during the day. there appears to be no works designated in the proposals. the whole black country plan is a no go right at the start, we have already had new housing developments here for the last 10 years’ adjacent to the the top of Stallins lane with no new amenities which has overloaded the roads here.
This has all increased noise and air pollutin to must break permitted limits at times.
like the quote regarding moving into present new astates in Kingswinford ‘Take advantage of what kingswinford have to offer great choice of schools?
In 2019 Carried out by Ofsted - Kingswinford School had -9 spaces and summerhill school had 16 spaces thats 2 years ago that means with new developments in place and working on more at present further travelling to schools not local to this area more traffic etc.
3) LOSS OF SACRED GREEN BELT;
With our green belt areas this as restricted noise and air pollution to a point, as mentioned above.
Any reduction of theses areas will increase possible health problems for young and old.
Need to keep our “Green Green Land of England”.
P.S THE BLACK COUNTRY PLAN FOR THESE AREAS ARE A NON STARTER.

Object

Representation ID: 13379

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Wendy Beddall

Purchased bungalow 2 years ago due to health issues, and tranquil retirement. My back garden backs onto Holbeache field, I am very concerned about the noise and pollution that will be caused and also my outlook, one of the main reasons I purchased the property.
I have lived in Kingswinford for over 50 years and it has become really conjested with increased traffic and pollution.
Also Kingswinford does not have the infrastructure to cope with additional 330 homes on a main, busy road. doctors and schools are already at full capacity.
I and several residents use the green space at the back of our properties for health and well-being, I do not want this destroyed.

Object

Representation ID: 13382

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Wayne Silvester

Mentioned on form but no specific comments.

Object

Representation ID: 13385

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr W John Aston

Black Country Housing Development 15 Year Housing Plan
Black Country Site Assessment Report Dudley Appendix A
Re: C proposed 330 houses south of Holbeache Lane
and D Lodge Lane / Swindon Road

This is Green Belt and is also cultivated farm land currently growing crops and should not be built on, when other sites are available in this borough.
Traffic in the area is already grid locked in the mornings and evenings.
Extensive housing development is already taking place in the area and there is no provision for additional support infrastructure, ie schools, doctors, hospitals, police, fire, ambulance.
Site C is also used as an amenity by local residents for exercise.
When current housing was built on Charterfields builders were required to sink homes into the hillside to preserve the open aspect which is now proposed for housing.

Object

Representation ID: 13387

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Ms Vivien Waugh

My concerns are as follows:

Traffic & Roads
Wall Heath is already very congested at peak times. The A449, which would serve both suggested sites is already very difficult to access if you live on the Beechcroft estate. Adding more access roads from the Holbeach site, in particular would greatly add to the already high levels of polution and congestion. The A449 is a major route between wolverhampton and Stourbridge, Kidderminster and Worcester and is already very heavily used throughout the day, not just at rush hour.

Road Safety
The A449 by Holbeach is almost impossible to cross. How would this be addressed?

Schools
The Primary schools are full!
Kingswinford Academy is full!
Summerhill has 16 places across the years.
The nearest high school then is Wordsley School.
The attraction to buyers of moving to Wall Heath is the belief that their children can access good schools - as it stands, this is clearly not the case.

Housing
The greatest need is for affordable housing - how many of the 863 proposed houses would fall into that category? Very very few if the past is anything to go by. These projects only serve the developers!

Object

Representation ID: 13389

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Vicky Marsh

No text submitted

Object

Representation ID: 13392

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Veronica Petford

1 - We do not have enough parking space in Wall Heath or Kingswinford.
2 - Doctors, dentists, schools, shops, banks, chemists will be completely overwhelmed and unable to cope.
Thank you.

Object

Representation ID: 13393

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Brian Hughes

DUH208 P371 HOLBEACHE
DUH211 P371 TRIANGLE
SEE ATTACHMENT
I think it is generally acknowledged that more housing is required, but my objections to the proposals announced for Holbeach and The Triangle are as follows.

1)As a firm believer in preplanning for any project, being Major or Minor, i feel that this is a big factor in these proposals. We all know of the situation regarding the difficulty in obtaining a doctors appointment, finding adequate school places for our children and the ever increasing volume of traffic on our local road network. If these housing proposals were approved, you would basically be saying to thousands of adults and a similar amount of children, to come and live in our area, but you will struggle to find school places for your children and also have difficultly in seeing a doctor should you need one.

In my mind, this borders on the irresponsible as it could be injurous to everyones health and welfare. I notice that there are no plans to address the issues of more doctors and surgeries, extra school places and road improvements to accommodate this large influx of people to such a small area.

I feel strongly that these points should be addressed and solved PRIOR to the approval of such a large volume of housing. Because not only will the new home owners suffer, so too will the current residents.

If you stop and think about it, these issues alone should prevent the proposals being accepted, Would the planning department be labelled as incompetent if the new housing schemes were given the green light knowing of the major problems it would cause.

Key planning issues should be addressed AND SOLVED before approving the scale and volume of the proposals.

2) Building on greenbelt land should always be as a last resort. You hear the saying so often "When its gone, its gone" and sadly is true.
The Midlands has been a powerhouse of industry over the centuries and I feel that more could be done to utilise brownfield sites more than they have. There are lots of vacant sites that should be used for new housing. How often do we see new office blocks that remain empty due to changing work practices, that were built with good intentions at the time but are empty now. I think that these sites should be used more wisely before we seek to encroach on our greenbelt land

Object

Representation ID: 13399

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Valerie Hough

Land south of Holbeache Lane / Wolverhampton Rd, K'Ford
- loss of Green Belt in an area where there is very little and would change the visual amenity & character of the area
- Increased vehicle traffic creating more pollution and congestion in an area already conjested
- increased pressure on Doctors, Schools and hospitals in the area which are already stretched and with added pressure from new housing already being built in area nearby - off Stallings Lane / Tansey Green Road / Ham Lane.
- loss of Green space & replaced with housing puts strain on drainage & sewers in turn creating flooding on major roads leading to the sites, as can be seen in Tansey Green Road

Object

Representation ID: 13401

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Anne Cutler

[Holbeach DUH 208
The Triangle DUH 211]

Loss of green belt - all brownfield sites and disused buildings across the whole of England to be used before green belt is used. Once taken Green belt cannot be replaced. Overloaded NHS - Not enough Doctors or dentists at present.
Not enough space in local schools.
Too much traffic on the roads now. So many extra houses will cause major problems.
Pollution increased
High value housing will not help first time buyers

Object

Representation ID: 13403

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Trevor Lavender

1 - increase in traffic on island off A449
2 - Site is 500 yds from a major smelly tip
3 - no school places

Object

Representation ID: 13407

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Tony Williams

Greenbelt
1. The existing land is serving the community providing easy access to nature & common ground for people
to use without objection or incident from land owners.
2. The proposed Holbeache land is farmland when in crop, and a bustling wild meadow when not, It is home
for species of wildlife and is part of a migration path for birds. The sight has lots of biodiversity.
3. The rhetoric from central government and the combined authority is “brow fields first”. There are plenty
brown field sights within Dudley available with excellent public transport. They are clearly not as financially
lucrative but are the most ethical option so should be re-investigated before considering this site.

Highways
1. the roads can not cope with extra vehicles alread too much conjestion
2. No transport corridor (no rail links)
3. Extra pollution, extra vehicles to an alread dangerous section of road

Object

Representation ID: 13408

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Tony Tite

Greenbelt
1. The existing land is serving the community providing easy access to nature & common ground for people
to use without objection or incident from land owners.
2. The proposed Holbeache land is farmland when in crop, and a bustling wild meadow when not, It is home
for species of wildlife and is part of a migration path for birds. The sight has lots of biodiversity.
3. The rhetoric from central government and the combined authority is “brow fields first’. There are plenty
brown field sights within Dudley available with excellent public transport. They are clearly not as financially
lucrative but are the most ethical option so should be re-investigated before considering this site.

Highways
1. To much trafic to the area.
2. No transport corridor & no rail links
3. More pollution and accidents

Object

Representation ID: 13409

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Anne Harris

[The Triangle DUH 211
Holbeache DUH 208]

If housing goes ahead on these 2 sites it will have a hugh impact on the social structure of the area.
*Health - already doctors surgeries are stretched to the limit. It is very difficult to get a doctors appointment already if these houses are built it'll be chaos!
*Russell Hall Hospital - Once again stretched to the limit already waiting to get a bed.
* Mental health - having countryside on our doorstep helps people struggling with these issues. One of the things being advised is to go for a walk in the fresh air in the countryside.
* Education - where are the children from these new houses going to attend school? Available places will run out.
Traffic - an increase in cars. If houses go ahead majority of homes now have at least 2 cars, so reckoning on that there will be at least 1,000 cars travelling round wall heath and Kingswinford. The A449 is already extremely busy and with the extra volume of cars traffic will come to a standstill. Extra pollution. More wear and tear on roads.
*Utilities - more demand on electricity, gas, water, we already experience electricity cute. Where will all the extra sewage go?
* Food - a big impact on the supermarket shelves. More people in the area will need to buy food.
*Brown sites - across Dudley there are empty sites where disused factories/ offices are. Surely it would make more sense to utilise these sites first for building new houses. They have the advantage of already having the utilities there.
If new houses are built as the proposal the whole infrastructure of the area of K/ford& Wall Heath will be changed forever.

Object

Representation ID: 13416

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Anne Lee

[The Triangle DUH 211
Holbeache DUH 208]

*Loss of greenbelt land will have a devastating impact on the local community. The whole character of the area would be changed. So many people have enjoyed these green belt areas for many years but never more so that during lockdowns - when walking has been so good for our mental health.
* Quality of life in our local area would be impacted for more traffic on our already congested roads, leading to increased pollution + road safety issues, higher noise levels + light pollution from so many new homes - not too mention the building noise levels/ traffic from construction work.
* Local Facilities are already struggling - not enough doctors, schools, shops, emergency services for our local community + the impact of more housing would be too much of a strain on the area.
* Providing more 'high value' housing will not help with the lack of affordable/ social housing + will lead to the local road infrastructure being unable to cope. There are few bus routes, no train services, poor cycle networks in the area offering alternative travel for commuters.
The destruction to the local environment would be completely devastating

Object

Representation ID: 13420

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: James and Susan Green

Number of people: 2

(DUH208)
We would like to lodge our objection to the housing development on this land. We already have heavy development in the area with 3 new housing projects going on STALLINGS LANE and 1 to start on Ketley Fields. This will put a strain on local services the local NHS will have longer waiting times and will not be able to cope with the increased volume of patients in the area GP surgeries will also be unable to cope
Local schools are already full.
Local roads are already busy they will not be able to cope with the increase volume of traffic and the increase in pollution
You have stated that Brownfieldsites will be used not Greenfield the loss of this land would be wrong and devastating to our local wildlife and the use of growing crops. It is used by locals ourselves included as a place to walk to improve our mental health
This land needs protecting for future generations and we object to this proposal.

Object

Representation ID: 13421

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Bryan Bishop

I object to the building of houses on Green Belts around Kingswinford and Wall Heath as there are enough Brown Sites in the Black Country to build houses on. There is enough of the country side being taken up for housing. The Green Sites are being used not for housing shortages but for developers greed. The loss of the countryside for housing is unnecessary.

Object

Representation ID: 13423

Received: 26/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Thomas Fletcher

Holbache DUH 208 Page 371

I wish to object about the proposed developments above for the following reasons.
Traffic congestion in the area already is horrendous with it taking 20 minutes to drive less than a mile to my childrens school. My back garden backs onto the Swindon Road and every morning and teatime I can see traffic stationary and backed up a couple of hundred yards from the lights at Lodge Lane. The Kingswinford Cross and Stallings Lane/Moss Grove lights are worse than this. As a result drivers are cutting through estates causing pot holes which are regularly being patched up by highways department. As a bear minimum for a development of this size the whole road infrastructure would need to be improved with widening of roads for extra lanes and possibly roundabouts instead of traffic lights.
I can recall several occasions of cars slamming there brakes on to avoid hitting a child. With the increased traffic the probability of a child getting hurt or worse increases.
Doctors - my family use two of the local surgeries and have experienced difficulties getting appointments. These developments would require extensions on the existing doctors or a new surgery altogether.
Public transport links - with limited bus routes available, no tram, no train station (nearest 40 by car) all new residents would use cars causing congestion and extra pollution. I believe Wordsley (by the Cat pub) was already hightlighted recently for poor pollution and alot of vehicles would be funneled into this bottle neck.
Flooding on the estate opposite the triangle especially Meadfoot Drive has happened previously if developed on extra measures would need to be put in place to prevent this.
Schools - having immediate family in both primary and secondary schools in the area I know these would not cope with additional children. Even if expanded there would not be the staff available.
Wildlife in the area would no doubt be killed off as a result of this and a appropriate surevy will show how much is in the area including lots of prey including owls.
In summary I would like to say I have lived in this area all my life and this would ruin the village. I believe the most dramatic impact would be on the local roads which would have to be remodeled to cope.

Object

Representation ID: 13426

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Ms Susanna Taylor

I am objecting to the proposals in the areas listed above - The Triangle DUH 211 & Holbeache DUH 208. Reasons for objection are as follows:

Traffic & transport
- More vehicles from the developments will make roads even more congested than currently - and currently they are really busy.
- Pollution will increase to unacceptable dangerous levels

Loss of countryside
- These are used by local residents and have been invaluable during the pandemic
- Higher noise levels will impact wildlife & quality of life for residents
- Light pollution will increase & air quality will decline due to traffic congestion
- Loss of wildlife corridors linking green spaces, impact on climate change

Pressure on local facilities
- Doctors surgeries, schools, emergency services will be negatively impacted - and could endanger life of existing residents
- Road infrastructure already struggling with high traffic levels.

Object

Representation ID: 13429

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Susan Foster

I am objecting to the site being used for the following reasons: -
Loss of green belt
Loss of habitat for many animals and plants
Very concerned about there being insufficient access to health eg Doctors surgery, hospitals etc. also insufficient schools
Insufficient road network to cope with all the extra vehicles.
Shops, car parks etc. etc.
The list is endless
A complete disaster for everyone in the area.

Object

Representation ID: 13430

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr James Chapman

(DUH208, DUH211)
I object to the above 2 x sites for potential sites of Green Belt development, as the amount of Brownfield areas that are available in the Black Country should be considered first.

The increased amount of traffic on top of the already overcrowded roads will lead to increased pollution and gridlocked in the area. The lack of major motorway of the west side of B'ham/ Black Country means all traffic goes through Stourbridge, Kidderminster, Dudley + Wolverhampton causing some of the most congested roads for traffic in the country.