Policy DSA2– Land at Swindon Road, Wall Heath, Kingswinford (The Triangle site) Strategic Allocation

Object

Representation ID: 12720

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr John Greensill

Black Country site assessment report
The Triangle & Holbeach SA0025-DUD SA0017-DUD
Appendix A page 79 DUH 208 & DUD 211

Loss of green belt: - affecting air quality & wildlife, wildlife corridors & walking routes.
Traffic: - Huge increase in an already busy problem area. Wall Heath regularly grid locked. Increase in noise and poor air quality.
Infrastructure: - Can only add further to already overcapacity Hospitals, Doctors and Schools.
Further expansion into Green Belt should be stopped now!

Object

Representation ID: 12726

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Amy Preece

Keep the Green spaces!!

Object

Representation ID: 12734

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr John Harthill

Pressure on local amenitys etc.
Green belt disappearing for good.
Wild life
Nature

Object

Representation ID: 12781

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Chance-Hill

Permission should only be granted if additional schools, GP surgery + Road infrastructure are legally committed too. Otherwise serious reduction in community services will occur.

Object

Representation ID: 12787

Received: 05/10/2021

Respondent: Ms Alison Milburn

I would like to object to the housing development on Summer Hill triangle.
The schools are operating at capacity, increased population would need to use vehicles to access neighbouring school, resulting in increased congestion on already busy roads and lowering of air quality. Health services will be put under increased pressure.
The transport network already experiences several points of congestion, increased use will present air quality, road safety issues.
Flooding, the proposed site is sloping any development will cause greater run off of water down to the roundabout on the A449, causing congestion, reduced air quality, providing difficulties for the free movement of emergency services.

Object

Representation ID: 12796

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Andrea Griffiths

REF - DUH211 Page 371 The Triangle.
- Losing greenbelt
- Traffic - too much already
- Schools - Not enough places
- more pressure on the NHS/doctors surgery

Object

Representation ID: 12802

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr John Kingsley

Holbeache DUH 208
The Triangle DUH 211
1 - Green productive farmland
This is valuable - productive - arable farmland. Well fertilized, well maintained for generations, cropping barley, oats, wheat and currently (Sept 2021) under a superb maize crop of dense 7 / 8 foot high corn-on-the-cob. Plants feeding humans, livestock a source of biofuel - or - processed into a range of useful chemicals - an ideal location for traffic concrete and bricks
2 - Really? with brownfield sites backing up into established towns like Dudley + Brierley Hill all around is this farmland really the only best used around to build affordable starter homes.
3 - Kingswinford is a village
already choked by totally inadequate car parking + naturally inescapably throttled by its main village feature "The Cross" into which the 4 miles to more urbane Dudley pours its traffic - would really be aided by once naturally - find a further 1/2 mile of built up area bottlenecking progress

Object

Representation ID: 12806

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr John O'Malley

Summary of my objections:
There has been a lack of proper consultation and due process - this is a strong concern - I don’t believe this to have been done within the parameters of such a process.
There is enough derelict brownfield sites to ensure that nothing is built on the Green belt in the Black Country for at least 10 years
The plan for Dudley is utterly askew -860 of the 1100 properties planned are in two developments less than 1 mile apart, both affecting Wall Heath.
Surely plans should be more spread out rather than focused in on such a small geography
I do not see how development on green belt can be justified.
There is a huge amount of disused brown field land within striking distance of the proposed developments I can see no realistic requirement, bar the fact developers can make more significant profits to develop these sites.
Promoting the development of brownfield first should be the priority
Our valuable green spaces and improves the look and feel of areas
The local area does not have the facilities to accommodate the new proposed residents
There are already no spare capacity in the schools
The A449 is enormously busy and noisy, the proposed developments will add traffic and also impact the flow of traffic
NHS services are already stretched, please note wait times and ratings of services.
The impact of the local wildlife will be negatively impacted

Object

Representation ID: 12811

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Harvey

No comments made

Object

Representation ID: 12814

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr John Richardson

for sites DUH 208 p371 - Holbeache
DUH 211 p371 - Triangle
As attached sheet but in particular the loss of green belt and the precedent of the boundary being moved. It can never be moved back.
1. Loss of green belt
• It is better to use old factory sites (Brownfield) and re-develop inner cities to revive town centres.
• This is useful Agricultural land graded 3 and above.
• The Visual Amenity and Character of the Area would dramatically change.
• This is an important and strategic tract of Green Belt preventing urban sprawl along the Western Edge of the Black Country. If the proposed A449 Kidderminster Road forms the amended Green Belt boundary then all the Greenfield sites encompassed by that on the boundary and currently vulnerable from the South Staffs Local Plan would be at risk from development as a precedent would be set for a new boundary.
2. Quality of life
• Developing green belt means loss of access to countryside, once it’s gone, it’s gone.
• Higher noise levels impact of adjoining residents and wildlife.
• increase in light pollution in a much needed area of tranquillity.
• Poorer air quality impact of adjoining residents and wider area, particularly from increase in traffic.
• Impact of building from construction noise and traffic.
3. Impact on traffic and transport
• Increasing numbers of vehicles will mean increased pollution, road safety consequences.
• Road traffic congestion in the area is already high. A449 and A491 gridlocked in a morning. Nor do we want more roads e.g. ‘Western Strategic (Orbital) Route’ destroying more green belt.
• Lack of public transport or cycle routes. Hansen rate this area as having the worst commuting score from homes to places of employment.
• Poor rail access. Time taken to reach the rail network to Wolverhampton/Birmingham is much longer than 30 minutes.
• There are also at least two other major development sites at Stallings Lane and Ketley Quarry (within 2 miles) which do not have any infrastructure improvements either.
4. Pressure on local facilities
• There are not enough doctors surgeries, schools, shops, emergency services in Dudley to serve the area. The proposal to build 533 new houses on the triangle would increase the local population by 1279 (Office of National statistics average occupation rates are 2.4 people per household)
• Local Health Services are already over subscribed and un-sustainable.
• Primary Schools over 15 minutes walk away.
• Road Infrastructure already struggling to cope at present with high traffic levels. Impact on the wider road network particularly Kingswinford and Wallheath junctions.
• No suitable or regular bus routes or cycle network.
• No nearby employment sites or network.
• Providing more “High Value’ housing does not solve the problem of lack of affordable or social housing, which would also need a sustainable infrastructure of health facilities, education, mass transit and employment centres.
5. Destruction of the local environment
• loss of ancient trees, natural habitats, biodiversity.
• loss of SLINC (Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation) hedgerows to create access.
• this will contribute to climate change
• Loss of wildlife, impact on the fields and meadows.
• Loss of wildlife corridors linking green spaces.
• Flood risk affecting drainage of the area and ground water.
• Contributing to rapid loss of species in Britain in recent decades eg moths, butterflies, bees have declined significantly.
• Replanting schemes do not replace ancient habitats and features.
6. Important locally
• Local people love and appreciate this green belt area, and want it for future generations
• Important local green space, valuable trees, hedgerows and open fields. Many trees have Tree Preservation Orders
• Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation (SLINC) - ‘Ashwood Haye Fields’ - hedgerow around the perimeter of the site and some within the site
• It contains Important local green space, valuable trees, hedgerows and open fields.
• There is an important network of footpaths (rights of way) across the area including links to Monarchs Way, Staffordshire Way, linking to Cheshire Gritstone Trail, the Heart of England Way and the North Worcestershire Path.
• It is next to an important woodland Ridgehill Woods, which will be hugely impacted. Disrupting the wildlife corridors and surrounding habitats for these would be irreversible.
• It is part of the Mid Severn Sandstone Plateau - important for habitat conservation.
• In addition, it is an important habitat for declining British wildlife (list species where known).
• Disrupting the wildlife corridors and surrounding habitats for these would be irreversible.
• Historic character of Prestwood. Prestwood is a locally designated Historic Landscape area. A collection of Scheduled Ancient Monuments associated win the Greensforge Roman Camp are situated in the area between Swindon and Prestwood to the west of Kingswinford.
7. Huge opposition by the local community
• These housing proposals are not meeting affordable housing targets with expensive housing in the Green Belt.
8. Legislation could be quoted
The National Planning Policy Framework (the government’s planning policies) says “where significant development of agricultural land is demonstrated to be necessary, areas of poorer quality should be preferred to those of higher quality” and identifies that:
• Sites of biodiversity should be protected and any impacts minimised (para 170)
• Land with the least environmental or amenity value should be considered for development and habitat networks and green infrastructure should be maintained and enhanced (para 171)
• Protect and enhance biodiversity and geodiversity and safeguard local wildlife-rich habitats and priority habitats and species, and ecological networks (para 174)
• Inappropriate development is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt and should not be approved except in very special circumstances. (para 147)

Object

Representation ID: 12818

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Jonathan Evans

The road network in and around Kingswinford and Wall Heath is not able to cope with existing traffic levels, especially at peak times. Emergency vehicles already use the A449 between Wall Heath and Stourbridge rather than the A491. Traffic travelling along the A449 into Wall Heath from Stourbridge backs up beyond the junction with the B4178 where your strategy indicates that between 100 and 300 homes is a good idea. Congestion, polution, erosion of green belt. "It's only 3%". Concentrate on the 97% brownfield sites, then see where you are in 2038.

Object

Representation ID: 12819

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Robinson

The Trainagle - BCP Site Ref DUH 211 page 371, DSA 2 page 424-428

With particular reference to DUH 211 p 371 (The Triangle) I am very concerned about the development of the green belt sites for a number of different reasons.
1. Greenbelt land is to stop the sprawl of large built up areas. Dudley has little Greenbelt land & this development erodes this even more. Dudley is an urban area, the greenbelt gives it residents a chance to walk in inspiring mental relaxing areas.
2. Greenbelt land is to stop the sprawl of large built up areas, with the development of these sites - The Triangle, Holbeache, we are getting closer to Wombourne, especially with the development of Himley Meadows.
3. Himley Meadows, the triangle and Holbeache developments will result in even more pressure on Dudley Council & amenities. Dudley Council already struggles to provide enough doctors, schools, shops, hospitals & household tips. Local services such as bin collections already struggles - our street is often missed off on our dedicated day. Who knows what will happen after development.
4. Transport is a major issue. There is no good infrastructure. It takes 20 to 40 minutes to travel from Kingswinford to Dudley in a morning. More traffic will increase the problem.
5. Lodge Lane is a traffic calming road because of the traffic & the school, more traffic & entrances/exits to the new estate will cause more incidents for the students. Their safety must be a concern to the councillors/Dudley. By being a calming traffic zone means they are already concerned about this.

Object

Representation ID: 12822

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Josephine Dalloway

Loss of green belt
Brownfield sites should be used before green belt is used. Very good agricultural land should not be built on. This area is very good agricultural land.
Effect on local services roads
The A449 is a very busy noisy road and with any increase in traffic the roads in the area would not cope with higher CO2 emissions would result in very poor air quality.
Schools
Schools in the area would be overwhelmed and would not have enough places.
Environment
The loss of green belt would have a devastating effect on wildlife. Trees would be lost, trees are needed to combat CO2 emissions and reverse global warming.

Object

Representation ID: 12826

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Judith Wild

Loss of green belt
Brownfield sites should be used before green belt is used. Very good agricultural land should not be built on. This area is very good agricultural land.
Effect on local services roads
The A449 is a very busy noisy road and with any increase in traffic the roads in the area would not cope with higher CO2 emissions would result in very poor air quality.
Schools
Schools in the area would be overwhelmed and would not have enough places.
Environment
The loss of green belt would have a devastating effect on wildlife. Trees would be lost, trees are needed to combat CO2 emissions and reverse global warming.

Object

Representation ID: 12870

Received: 11/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Julie Jackson

*noise and air pollution
*congestion - especially from exsisting houses (Tybarn Drive), school double parking (Summerhill) going into Kingswinford, always long queues at top of hill etc. when Kewford Eagles Running Club, Gym, Scouts, rugby clubs are all there at weekend it's chaos, long tail backs as far as Hinksford Lane, Mile Flat, A449 into Wall Heath, we live in Wall Heath and weekends we always have to go out of village down Dudley Road way through Moss Grove on into Kingswinford then cut through Cot Lane, Barnett Lane to get back onto A449 to go into Kidderminster!

Object

Representation ID: 12875

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Julie Robinson

With particular reference to DUH211 p371 (The Triangle)
I am very concerned about the development of this site for a number of reasons.
1 - The effect that extra people will have on the services in Kingswinford. Doctors' surgeries are already under pressure, schools are oversubscribed and our local hospital is working at full capacity.
2 - the amount of traffic is already at crisis point - our roads cannot sustain further cars with people trying to commute to work in the conurbation - public transport is not an option for many who work further away than the local area. The air pollution will be increased affecting the children walking to school.
3 - Recent development on Brownfield sites (which I support) has already put strain on local services - these extra homes will only add to this.
4 - Lodge Lane and Swindon Road are the only options for an access road onto the new housing development - it is a major route to school for many - will it be safe?

Object

Representation ID: 12880

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Perkins

[Holbeache DUH 208
The Triangle DUH 211]

My objection to this proposed development has many roads.
The current road network is inadequate, simply visit at rush hour & you will see this disruption. Add a simple football match at a stadium 8 miles away & you will see this mayhem. The roads are already in a poor state & can't cope.
Local roads are in a terrible state as the council only make repairs to main roads & neglects housing estates.
Green spaces are rapidly being converted in a quest for quick gain. The areas need low cost housing for young first time buyers. There appears to be limited brownfield development happening.

Object

Representation ID: 12881

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Potter

I object to the loss of out beautiful green belt & also the potential loss of 'ridgewood'. I believe this will be terrible for the local community. I believe that it would be better to use old factory sites of which there are plenty. I believe this would have a detrimental effect on the environment & also increase pollution due to the amount of extra cars, due to the extra amount of traffic. This would also have a negative impact on what is classed as a small village. This would impact on local schools, which will have to be either made larger or other built. Also this would make the village having to have other shops/amenities built, which will have a terrible impact again on extra traffic. Ultimately, this will impact on everyone's quality of life

Object

Representation ID: 12892

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Scrivens

I object to the plans to build new homes on sites around Kingswinford and Wall Heath and especially on Greenbelt land. For the following reasons: -
The effect it will have on road infrastructure and safety.
The increased congestion will impact on to public transport and air quality.
The effect on car parking at schools and school admissions.
The impact it will have on NHS and health services, including waiting times.
The loss of greenbelt land and the effect this will have on wildlife and the environment.

Object

Representation ID: 12904

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Isabelle Bowater

No text attached to submission.

Object

Representation ID: 12907

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Isabelle Glear

(DUH222)
I object to people to build on the field because when I go to my nans I go and play; football, cricket and I do running around there. I learn new skills at cricket and learn new things. I think there are a better place to build houses then our field.

Object

Representation ID: 12912

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Andrew Taylor

* Impact on traffic - Kingswinford cross traffic is already really busy. Traffic through Wall Heath is also bad.
* Schools - mainly secondary schools. They are already over subscribed
* High value housing dues not solve the problem of lack of affordable housing or social care
* Doctors and Russels Hall Hospital already cannot cope with demand.
* Loss of green belt, areas to walk & exercise
* Wall Heath will lose village appeal, house prices will drop.

Object

Representation ID: 12937

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs June Baxter

Extra houses, cars and people will have an adverse effect on the area, increasing traffic, pollution and overloading the health service. The loss of the green belt land will affect local people and wildlife badly.

Object

Representation ID: 12938

Received: 06/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Barry Slack

WE MOVED TO THE AREA MANY YEARS AGO DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE GREEN BELT
OBJECTIONS:
TRAFFIC, CONGESTION &NOISE& POLUTION OF AIR.
INADEQUATE SCHOOLS, DOCTORS, DENTISTS, SHOPS &FACILITIES SUCH AS CAR PARKS
LACK OF GREEN SPACE& DESTRUCTION OF WILD LIFE
OVER POPULATED AREA- DESTRUCTION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES
NO ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO AREA OTHER THAN HOUSE BUILDERS INFRASTRUCTURE DOESNT ALLOW FOR SIZE OF DEVELOPMENT
OTHER AREAS ARE BETTER & AVAILABLE SUCH AS BROWNFIELD SITES.
COAL MINING SUBSIDENCE IN THE AREA

Object

Representation ID: 12945

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Keith Baggott

Air pollution
Exess traffic (already conjestion)
Danger to elderly (crossing roads)
Adding problems to school pupils (all ages)
Spoiling what should be green belt.
More traffic - more noise
People who have lived in this area all of their lives are being pushed out
More houses = more crime = no police to cover
Instead of houses, playing fields more appropriate to keep youngsters occupied and off the streets

Object

Representation ID: 12951

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Ben Jones

DUH208 P371 HOLBEACHE
DUH211 P371 TRIANGLE
Wall Heath is already a very busy village, which is about to become even busier with the development at the top of Stallings Lane, not to mention the development behind the old petrol station in Wombourne. The infrastructure is already above capacity with roads constantly full, no tram or rail facilities, and even walking or cycling is becoming very dangerous! further to this, there are limited schools in the area, its impossible to get a doctors appointment and Russells Hall Hospital is always at capacity. The residents of Wall Heath work hard to keep the village nice and they deserve the green spaces that they have!

Object

Representation ID: 12952

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kelly Castle

I am objecting to building on the above sites in order to protect our green belt; The Triangle and Holbeache.
[...] the traffic noise is already high, echoes into our street. There are not enough schools to accommodate the number of people that would be living there. The doctors surgeries and our one hospital are already struggling to cope and see all the current patients as it is and wouldn't cope with more.
We bought our house there to be on the edge of the greenbelt and to be situated in a village community where everyone helps each other and looks out for the community. The proposed building works would de value our houses that we have worked so hard for. The air quality is already low, the impact from the building work is going to lower it further which could cause health complications to us. My particular concern, my children who play in the garden often [...]. It's so upsetting to think that our beautiful green belt could be destroyed & our town ruined.

Object

Representation ID: 12962

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kelly Fletcher

i wish to object about the proposed developments for the following reasons
- we moved into the property in 2018 with wonderful views over the proposed development site, and offers us a wonderful country feel my concern if the development goes ahead the amount of pollution it will cause not just dust but also noise pollution, and the period of time it will continue for, The impact will not only affect those living locally but also any wildlife who are living in that area.
- there is daily build up of traffic on the Swindon Road, and the current road's would not cope with the increased flow of traffic. Due to this some major considerations/ adjustments to the local road networks should be made. Pollution would increase
- with Summerhill been close to the proposed site I raise concerns for the children. The project will indeed disrupt their education, and more importantly the safety of children travelling to and from school. Children are already running between cars due to no crossings, so more children would increase the risk of a child getting hurt.
- there would need to be further public transport made available to try to reduce the traffic as it will increase massively
- there has been flooding many times on the estate opposite the proposed development site, this would worsen so something would need to be put in place to prevent this becoming a bigger problem

If this development goes ahead it will have a huge impact on the local village. There is alot of measurements or work that should be done before anything of this size is considered. It would be a major financial impact on the local authority.

Object

Representation ID: 12966

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Kenneth Lewis

Black Country site asst report Dudley Appx A Triangle SA 0025-DUD
I live [...] and now its difficult to cross during day with traffic so more houses means more cars & Brinley Way is now used as a "cut through" to avoid major roads at busy times.
More schools - doctors would be needed as can't get into doctors now due to volume of people.

Object

Representation ID: 12968

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kerry Raybould

We are concerned about current traffic levels as most days there are heavy traffic and delays on short journeys.
It is alread difficult getting doctors and dentists appointments and long waiting lists for treatments at hospital.
The bus service is poor, buses often drive past people at bus stops because they are too full. It can take 2 hours to get from Stourbridge to Kingswinford at 4pm. we pay £90 for a term for our 16 year old she often has to wait an hour at the bus stop.
The class sizes in local schools are already high in primary + secondary schools.
The extra houses will add to all of these problems making Kingswinford an unpleasant place to live. We purchased our house because it was close to countryside + the beautiful fields behind us. The wildlife it will disturb + kill is so sad at a time we are trying to teach our children to look after the planet.