Policy DSA4 Corbett Meadow Local Green Space

Support

Representation ID: 18227

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Jack Cotterill

I am supporting the policy to protect the site

I object to the development of this land

Support

Representation ID: 18250

Received: 28/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kathleen Grainger

[Corbett Meadow]

I fully support the proposed designations for the Corbett Meadow to become a Local Green Space and an Area of High Historic Landscape.
It is an area of extreme tranquility, which contains a large variety of Fauna and Flora. Over the changing seasons it provides a glorious back ground of colour changes, with its mature trees and grasses which provide habitats for many Insects, Butterflies, Bats, Birds and small animals such as Squirrels, Foxes etc. The ponds help to upkeep the population of Frogs,Toads & Newts. The meadow links to the Coalbourne Brook Valley and would be an important part in the protection of our local wildlife habitat.

The Corbett Meadow is so beneficial to people using the hospital, as I have personally experienced waiting for appointments "some stressful", it's such a pleasure to sit in the cafe and see a lovely green field with the cattle. Why couldn't the meadow be used for the benefit of people's health? I think those who have physical problems such as heart conditions, Action heart would find the meadow useful for exercise, also mental health, which so important nowadays.
The meadow should become a nature reserve to protect our wildlife, for educational purposes, especially for the nearby schools and interested parties who would enjoy our natural history.

The Meadow holds many happy memories for myself and my generation who remember the historic Fetes that were held in these grounds. Thousands of Black Country people walked there to enjoy the events such as the gymkhana, various shows and side-shows, there was always a horticultural show, with the adjacent allotments. Surely these could be revived to encourage community events.

If a development went ahead, there would be a higher volume of traffic to be considered. We already have 8 double decker buses every hour plus heavy vehicle transporters. Corbett Hospital now has far more patients as well as other nearby medical services, which means extra traffic. Vicarage Road leads directly to the busy Merry Hill Centre, Stourbridge town station into Birmingham and Wolverhampton. There are Schools, Churches, the Football and Cricket Ground to consider. Please realise that we cannot cope with anymore traffic. As a resident from the 1960s I have seen the rapid growth of traffic in Vicarage Road, which is narrow in parts. It is horrendous at peak times and often gets gridlocked. At quieter times the road attracts speeding motorists and bikes. The bends in the road are dangerous and we have witnessed many near accidents some fatal. The visibility for anyone getting on and off driveways in this vicinity of Vicarage Road is dreadful because of the bends in the road.

The Meadow is the remaining part of land left from The Hill estate (Corbett Hospital), an Historic Legacy left by John Corbett for the benefit of Stourbridge people.
NOT LEFT FOR PROPERTY DEVELOPERS.

Support

Representation ID: 18266

Received: 03/10/2021

Respondent: Judith Davies

I wish to express 100% support for the CORBETT MEADOW, off Vicarage Road, Amblecote, being designated, in line with policy DSA4, a Local Green Space Designation (LGS) and, in line with policy ENV5, an Area of High Historic Landscape. Dudley Council is to be congratulated for realising that this is a unique and historical area of the landscape that needs protecting and saving for future generations. Amblecote has a very high population density and we need to protect these natural habitats, both so wildlife can survive in 'corridors' connected to the Coalbourne Brook and so that children growing up might be able to see small areas of natural environments and not be totally surrounded by tarmac and concrete. The Corbett Meadow needs protecting in its entirety; any attempt to 'chop it up' would destroy its fragile ecosystem for ever. It should also be preserved as a living testimony to John Corbett and his wish to improve the wellbeing of local people.

Support

Representation ID: 18276

Received: 04/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Lance Cartwright

SUPPORT POLICY DSA4 Corbett Meadow Local Green Space (Dudley)

As a long-standing local resident I have over the years witnessed extensive housing development such as Withymoor Village in Amblecote reducing the amount of natural green space in the ward to an absolute minimum with only Corbett Meadow remaining untouched as a precious urban green space in the area. Further housing development over and above that now approved for the nearby Old Wharf Road brown-field site will place even more significant pressure on an already overloaded infrastructure such as roads, GP surgeries and schools which have all recorded recent concerns.

The Corbett Meadow has massive potential for green social prescribing by the landowners (Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) in line with modern trends and NHS Policy. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of being outdoors to people’s mental and physical health, as well as the inequality of access to green space.

The NHS Long Term Plan commits to significantly expanding the number of social prescribing link workers in primary care. Social prescribing and community-based support enable GPs, other health and care practitioners and local agencies to refer people to a link worker who gives people time and focuses on what matters to the individual. For some people this will be green social prescribing, which links them to nature-based interventions and activities, such as local walking for health schemes, community gardening and food-growing projects. Greater access to green space is connected to better health and wellbeing. Doing activities in green spaces or simply spending time in nature is beneficial in different ways. For example, going for a walk at their local park can help patients manage their weight and prevent chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. Green spaces also promote a sense of being connected to nature as well as encouraging social connections with others. These connections are good for our mental health and wellbeing, helping us experience lower levels of stress, fatigue and anxiety, among other benefits.

Interacting with green spaces is particularly beneficial for vulnerable populations. Those with greater access to green space experience lower levels of health inequalities linked to income deprivation (Mitchell & Popham, 2008). Research also shows that equitable access to green spaces in England alone could save the NHS £2.1 billion every year (An Estimate of the Economic and Health Value and Cost Effectiveness of the Expanded WHI Scheme 2009, 2009).

Our recent experience with Covid-19 has demonstrated the need for greater access to green space - as these areas have been havens for communities during these hard times - as well as ensuring a more sustainable health system through a decrease in demand for services. Green prescribing can tackle both these issues and remove the claimed need to sell the meadow for housing development as a short-term financial gain.

I fully support the proposal for the Corbett Meadow to be designated as a Local Green Space as outlined in the comprehensive LGS application document.

SUPPORT POLICY ENV 1 Nature Conservation and designation of Corbett Meadow as SLINC

The wildlife value of the Corbett Meadow is well documented in the LGS application and has been recently (February 2021) endorsed by a local, professional and well-known wildlife correspondent who states more eloquently than I ever could:

“My first impression was incredulity - how had this gem survived intact for so long in a built-up area? Far from being the typical flat, sports-pitch urban green space, this relatively small area was wonderfully contoured and featured marshy hollows, a steep scarp, two willow-lined pools and many mature trees, survivors of its parkland past. Needless to say, these features are in very short supply within Dudley Borough.

On the highest parts of the meadow, I was keen to inspect the veteran Hawthorns that appeared to follow an old hedge-line. For over a decade, I’ve been recording a nationally scarce and local insect, the Hawthorn Jewel beetle, which only breeds in old and wizened hawthorns. It’s not called a jewel for nothing: this beautiful bullet-shaped beetle is a metallic coppery-violet colour and emerges in midsummer from the thinner branches where its grub has fed on dead wood. A bitterly cold February morning wouldn’t seem the best time to look for them but Hawthorn Jewel Beetles leave clues. The adult beetle is rounded on top and flat underneath and so it creates an unmistakable D-shaped exit-hole when it emerges in July. I’d never seen them in Stourbridge before or indeed anywhere in the Dudley Borough. Really old hawthorns are pretty scarce and the adult beetles are notoriously hard to find. But we will be looking out for them this summer at Corbett’s Meadow because I was delighted to find several exit-holes in these venerable trees; a real bonus.

I think that was my strongest impression of the meadow - that it is one of the most important ecological lynchpins in the Stourbridge area. It connects surrounding open spaces such as the allotments and the sports-pitch, with local gardens and parks. It acts as a reservoir for local wildlife especially those species which need more than a strip of road-verge or canal-bank. Take away this reservoir and the richness disappears. Connectivity of habitats in any area is important for many species from Butterflies to Newts and Toads and at a time when more of us are noticing and appreciating the wildlife on our doorsteps, it would be an unforgivable loss if we allow the meadow to disappear. Planting a few saplings or sowing a patch of wildflowers is no substitute for a rich and varied ecosystem that has taken so long to develop and which is a unique product of geology, local history and management.

Corbett’s Meadow is not just another piece of grassland: for many of its species, whether they are Palmate Newts or Small Heath Butterflies, it is a life-raft out of the past and its loss would be nothing short of a tragedy not only for local wildlife, but also for the future generations who I hope will be able to enjoy it and explore its history and natural history.”

How on earth can you disagree with that informed opinion of this unique site?

I fully support the proposal for the Corbett Meadow to be granted Nature Conservation designation as a SLINC.

Support

Representation ID: 18279

Received: 04/10/2021

Respondent: Corbett Meadow Action Group

Agent: Mr Lance Cartwright

SUPPORT POLICY DSA4 Corbett Meadow Local Green Space (Dudley)

We welcome the positive response to our submission through Call for Sites (BCP ref 10516) of a detailed case promoting the designation of Corbett Meadow as a Local Green Space.

The retention of this land as green space is essential to protect the landscape & townscape character of the area, a vital urban greenspace in the built up area so characteristic of the morphology of the Black Country as an "endless village" of distinct neighbourhoods: to provide the opportunity for the use & management of the land in the public interest; and to respect the history of the site and that of Amblecote & Stourbridge and also the wishes of the benefactor who gifted the land to local people for the provision of a public park & hospital

Support

Representation ID: 19238

Received: 01/12/2021

Respondent: Mrs & Mr KATHRYN & ADRIAN SKELSON-REECE

Number of people: 2

Black Country Plan - Corbett Meadow
Policy Number DSA4 Local Green Space (LGS) Page 432
Policy Number ENV5 Area of High Historic Landscape Value Page 230.
We are in support of policy DSA4 as a Local Green Space :Corbett Meadow.This will have a major impact in
preserving the future of an untouched Wildlife Habitat for birds,insects,pond life and animals.Not only for the local area being part of the Coalbourne Brook Valley.But also Nationally including migratory birds and animals/insects that are in decline and designated as endangered species.

Comment

Representation ID: 19242

Received: 07/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Vanessa Potter

Policy ENV5 page 230 - This piece of land is so valuable to wildlife, some rare species (insects), birds, mammals etc. The land has historic value as was left to the people of Stourbridge and is of great value as a green lung in an already built up area. Please do not build on this land. Policy DSA4 page 434. Housing on this land would add even more pressure to an already congested area, causing safety concerns by creating new access to Vicarage Road Amblecote. Schools will be pressured by the numbers needing places locally and doctors surgeries would face even more patients / cannot cope with the area they have. We need the Corbetts Meadow for community, maybe for long term public heath benefits, a possible outdoor Surgery, health hub

Object

Representation ID: 21479

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Charles Church Homes

Agent: Claremont Planning Consultancy

Policy DSA4 – Corbett Meadow Local Green Space

3.1. Charles Church Homes and The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust strongly objects to the proposed Local Green Space (LGS) designation of Land at Corbett Hospital, considering that it is not justified or appropriate. It does not reflect the nature of the site and conflicts with the requirements for the Black Country Plan to contribute to delivering sustainable development and meeting housing needs.

3.2. The Framework identifies at Paragraph 101 that ‘Designating land as Local Green Space should be consistent with the local planning of sustainable development and complement investment in sufficient homes, jobs and other essential services’. Furthermore, in Paragraph 102 it goes on to identify that the designation of Local Green Space should only be used where the green space fulfils certain criteria. It is considered that the designation of Land at Corbett Hospital is not consistent with the requirement for the emerging Plan to contribute towards achieving sustainable development, and in particular deliver sufficient housing to meet objectively assessed needs.

3.3. The promotion of the site for LGS appears to be focused on the history of the site, as identified in the assessment provided in Appendix A-6 of the Draft Black Country Plan Site Assessment Report. This asserts that the site has significant local history, having originally been purposed with the intention of the land to be used for medical purposes for the people of Stourbridge and the surrounding areas. However, no reference is made in the assessment to the subsequent transfer of the land to the NHS when it was formed in 1948, and the NHS having formally identified the land as surplus to requirements. As a result, it has been included in the register of NHS Surplus Land as available for disposal, with the anticipated disposal expected during 2021/22. The site was added to the register of public sector land in 2017 and was offered exclusively to all other public sector users before being offered on the open market for housing.

3.4. The Government has encouraged the disposal of surplus NHS land to realise capital receipts that could provide a key capital funding stream for the NHS. A review of NHS Property and Estates was undertaken by Sir Robert Naylor in 2018, which identified land that could be released to deliver 26,000 homes that could fund £2bn of capital transformation. The latest NHS Property Disposal Guide (2021) confirms that there is now a policy that requires that at least 50% of the net proceeds of property disposals are to be reinvested in the local health economy, ensuring that local developments are prioritised for the receipt from disposal of sites such as the Land at Corbett Hospital. As the land at Corbett Hospital is owned freehold by The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, 100% of the net proceeds of the sale will be spent within the Dudley health economy.

3.5. DHSC’s ‘Homes for NHS Staff’ policy requires that housing built on land formerly owned by the NHS should be offered initially to employees of the NHS. The development of homes on Land at Corbett Hospital could therefore support the housing and employment objectives of the Core Regeneration Areas policy. By restricting the potential development prospects of the site through the proposed LGS designation, it is considered that the Black Country Authorities are preventing the realisation of critical investment to the NHS both locally and nationally.

3.6. It is considered that a sensitively designed proposal of a suitable scale could deliver some residential development within the site, whilst retaining and enhancing many of the natural features of the site. Furthermore, parts of the site would provide public open space, facilitating public access to the site that is currently not available as no public access is deliverable at present. As a result, it is considered that the proposed development would actually deliver improvements in respect of public access, that would not be the case if the site were to be designated as Local Green Space. The initial landscape analysis that identifies the potential of the Corbett Hospital site to accommodate housing is attached to these representations.

3.7. Furthermore, the proposed allocation of the site as Local Green Space, is inconsistent with national policy, specifically in that such a designation would conflict with the need for policies to contribute towards achieving sustainable development and delivering ‘sufficient homes’. It has already been identified within these representations that the emerging Plan is not addressing local housing needs appropriately, both in regards to the proposed reliance on neighbouring authorities and the proposed release of land from the Green Belt.

3.8. As such, it is considered that it would be highly inappropriate for the emerging Plan to continue to propose to allocate the Land at Corbett Hospital in the context of a significant shortfall in housing supply and the opportunity available to provide housing in a sustainable location within the urban area. Securing residential development on the site would accord fully with the Spatial Strategy set out in CSP1, which establishes that the intention is to deliver growth and sustainable patterns of growth by ‘Delivering the majority of development in the existing urban area’. It should therefore be preferable to seek to accommodate some of the identified level of housing need on suitable sites such as this, rather than seeking to restrict the potential for development through the designation of a site for Local Green Space.

4. Health and Wellbeing

Policy HW1 – Health and Wellbeing

4.1. This policy seeks to ensure that regeneration and transformation of the Black Country will create an environment that protects and improve the physical, social and mental health and wellbeing of residents. As part of this, it provides a list of requirements that should be delivered through new developments, including enabling active and healthy lifestyles, providing a range of housing types and tenures, and be designed with residential amenity and health and wellbeing in mind. It is considered reasonable to expect new developments to respect these requirements and these will be delivered through the proposed development on land at Corbett Hospital.

4.2. Importantly, as part of this policy it establishes that developments should ‘protect and include a range of social infrastructure such as social care, health, leisure, sport and recreation…. close to where people live’. Unlocking residential development on land at Corbett Hospital will directly contribute towards achieving this objective, by realising capital receipts for the NHS through the disposal of this surplus land. There is a mandate that 50% of this capital receipt is to be reinvested in the local health economy, thereby ensuring that local people will directly benefit from delivery of the development. If the Plan seeks to constrain the ability to secure development on the site through the proposed allocation as Local Green Space, this will have a detrimental impact in

respect of the realisation of capital receipts and accordingly reduce the potential for investment to be secured for local health developments. This will directly conflict with the objective of Policy HW1, and the wider aims of the emerging BCP.

4.3. Furthermore, it is considered that by seeking to resist development on the site, the authorities will be restricting the potential for development in a highly sustainable location within the urban area. This could, to a degree, reduce the need for development to be delivered in less sustainable locations either within the Borough or in neighbouring authorities, which should be a key consideration for the Plan and the need to ensure that it is consistent with national policy aims of achieving sustainable development. Ensuring that development is directed to appropriate locations such as this is a consideration for Policy HW1 specifically, as by securing development within the urban area it is more likely that future residents will be able to utilise active and environmentally sustainable forms of travel for accessing places of work, education and day-to- day services and facilities

Object

Representation ID: 21490

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Agent: Claremont Planning Consultancy

Policy DSA4 – Corbett Meadow Local Green Space

3.1. Charles Church Homes and The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust strongly objects to the proposed Local Green Space (LGS) designation of Land at Corbett Hospital, considering that it is not justified or appropriate. It does not reflect the nature of the site and conflicts with the requirements for the Black Country Plan to contribute to delivering sustainable development and meeting housing needs.

3.2. The Framework identifies at Paragraph 101 that ‘Designating land as Local Green Space should be consistent with the local planning of sustainable development and complement investment in sufficient homes, jobs and other essential services’. Furthermore, in Paragraph 102 it goes on to identify that the designation of Local Green Space should only be used where the green space fulfils certain criteria. It is considered that the designation of Land at Corbett Hospital is not consistent with the requirement for the emerging Plan to contribute towards achieving sustainable development, and in particular deliver sufficient housing to meet objectively assessed needs.

3.3. The promotion of the site for LGS appears to be focused on the history of the site, as identified in the assessment provided in Appendix A-6 of the Draft Black Country Plan Site Assessment Report. This asserts that the site has significant local history, having originally been purposed with the intention of the land to be used for medical purposes for the people of Stourbridge and the surrounding areas. However, no reference is made in the assessment to the subsequent transfer of the land to the NHS when it was formed in 1948, and the NHS having formally identified the land as surplus to requirements. As a result, it has been included in the register of NHS Surplus Land as available for disposal, with the anticipated disposal expected during 2021/22. The site was added to the register of public sector land in 2017 and was offered exclusively to all other public sector users before being offered on the open market for housing.

3.4. The Government has encouraged the disposal of surplus NHS land to realise capital receipts that could provide a key capital funding stream for the NHS. A review of NHS Property and Estates was undertaken by Sir Robert Naylor in 2018, which identified land that could be released to deliver 26,000 homes that could fund £2bn of capital transformation. The latest NHS Property Disposal Guide (2021) confirms that there is now a policy that requires that at least 50% of the net proceeds of property disposals are to be reinvested in the local health economy, ensuring that local developments are prioritised for the receipt from disposal of sites such as the Land at Corbett Hospital. As the land at Corbett Hospital is owned freehold by The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, 100% of the net proceeds of the sale will be spent within the Dudley health economy.

3.5. DHSC’s ‘Homes for NHS Staff’ policy requires that housing built on land formerly owned by the NHS should be offered initially to employees of the NHS. The development of homes on Land at Corbett Hospital could therefore support the housing and employment objectives of the Core Regeneration Areas policy. By restricting the potential development prospects of the site through the proposed LGS designation, it is considered that the Black Country Authorities are preventing the realisation of critical investment to the NHS both locally and nationally.

3.6. It is considered that a sensitively designed proposal of a suitable scale could deliver some residential development within the site, whilst retaining and enhancing many of the natural features of the site. Furthermore, parts of the site would provide public open space, facilitating public access to the site that is currently not available as no public access is deliverable at present. As a result, it is considered that the proposed development would actually deliver improvements in respect of public access, that would not be the case if the site were to be designated as Local Green Space. The initial landscape analysis that identifies the potential of the Corbett Hospital site to accommodate housing is attached to these representations.

3.7. Furthermore, the proposed allocation of the site as Local Green Space, is inconsistent with national policy, specifically in that such a designation would conflict with the need for policies to contribute towards achieving sustainable development and delivering ‘sufficient homes’. It has already been identified within these representations that the emerging Plan is not addressing local housing needs appropriately, both in regards to the proposed reliance on neighbouring authorities and the proposed release of land from the Green Belt.

3.8. As such, it is considered that it would be highly inappropriate for the emerging Plan to continue to propose to allocate the Land at Corbett Hospital in the context of a significant shortfall in housing supply and the opportunity available to provide housing in a sustainable location within the urban area. Securing residential development on the site would accord fully with the Spatial Strategy set out in CSP1, which establishes that the intention is to deliver growth and sustainable patterns of growth by ‘Delivering the majority of development in the existing urban area’. It should therefore be preferable to seek to accommodate some of the identified level of housing need on suitable sites such as this, rather than seeking to restrict the potential for development through the designation of a site for Local Green Space.

4. Health and Wellbeing

Policy HW1 – Health and Wellbeing

4.1. This policy seeks to ensure that regeneration and transformation of the Black Country will create an environment that protects and improve the physical, social and mental health and wellbeing of residents. As part of this, it provides a list of requirements that should be delivered through new developments, including enabling active and healthy lifestyles, providing a range of housing types and tenures, and be designed with residential amenity and health and wellbeing in mind. It is considered reasonable to expect new developments to respect these requirements and these will be delivered through the proposed development on land at Corbett Hospital.

4.2. Importantly, as part of this policy it establishes that developments should ‘protect and include a range of social infrastructure such as social care, health, leisure, sport and recreation…. close to where people live’. Unlocking residential development on land at Corbett Hospital will directly contribute towards achieving this objective, by realising capital receipts for the NHS through the disposal of this surplus land. There is a mandate that 50% of this capital receipt is to be reinvested in the local health economy, thereby ensuring that local people will directly benefit from delivery of the development. If the Plan seeks to constrain the ability to secure development on the site through the proposed allocation as Local Green Space, this will have a detrimental impact in

respect of the realisation of capital receipts and accordingly reduce the potential for investment to be secured for local health developments. This will directly conflict with the objective of Policy HW1, and the wider aims of the emerging BCP.

4.3. Furthermore, it is considered that by seeking to resist development on the site, the authorities will be restricting the potential for development in a highly sustainable location within the urban area. This could, to a degree, reduce the need for development to be delivered in less sustainable locations either within the Borough or in neighbouring authorities, which should be a key consideration for the Plan and the need to ensure that it is consistent with national policy aims of achieving sustainable development. Ensuring that development is directed to appropriate locations such as this is a consideration for Policy HW1 specifically, as by securing development within the urban area it is more likely that future residents will be able to utilise active and environmentally sustainable forms of travel for accessing places of work, education and day-to- day services and facilities

Support

Representation ID: 21776

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Michelle Hyde

Corbett Meadow
I would like to take this opportunity to confirm that I am in favour of supporting the area designated as Corbett Meadow be provided a protected green status and thus not subject to this or future housing initiatives. Especially considering you permitted the demolition of Corbett Hospital and the building of houses in the land circumventing the covenant that a hospital should be get on the grounds by building a Health Centre and day case unit again both with insufficient parking for users.

Comment

Representation ID: 21943

Received: 28/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Neil Tonks

I email you regarding the ongoing plight of the Corbett Meadow in Stourbridge. This vital piece of land is an integral part of the local community of Stourbridge, not only does it provide sanctuary for flora and fauna, it is an important lung in the middle of a large conurbation which is ever expanding. It distresses me to think that a company can potentially take over this land and make
fast money in the process, then walk away and leave local people with more congestion, waste, pollution and poorer air quality. Therefore the proposal for the land to be sold for a quick financial gain with no thought for the local environment should be stopped at all costs. Within the haven of Corbett Meadow there are many birds, animals and plants that rely on the area to survive.
[redacted] to name a few (all red listed birds confirmed by the RSPB) are dependant upon this green oasis, not to mention [redacted]. Mature trees the very lungs of the community also benefit from this oasis. The Black Country Plan clearly states in the Strategic Priority sections that it is to protect health both physical and
mental and wellbeing through minimising pollution, so to increase traffic and make the roads more congested will completely undermine and contradict the fight against air, noise and other forms of pollution and damage the health of the local community. The Strategic Priority 11 page:22 of the plan also states to protect and enhance e natural environment, so how can that be achieved by
allowing new builds upon the Corbett Meadow destroying yet more natural habitat. Although I am no
expert in buildings and their infrastructure, why is a vital natural area being targeted when there are hundreds if not thousands of houses within the Black Country conurbation that are standing empty and boarded up for a variety of reasons. If it is the case that many of these dwellings are safe or can be made safe for people to inhabit them again, then why not spend taxpayers money on renovating these properties instead which surely would be cost effective. This would go some way to stop building conglomerates from quite frankly making a lot of money from new builds then disappear from view leaving local residents to suffer more noise, pollution and congestion to deal with. Corbett Meadow was left to the people of Stourbridge by John Corbett for all to enjoy and should not be allowed to be disturbed in any shape or form.

Support

Representation ID: 22243

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Rob Bytheway

I support the non-development of the Corbett Meadow,which should be retained for the people as given by the Corbett Family.

Support

Representation ID: 22529

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Roger Kendrick

Corbett Meadow, Vicarage Road, Amblecote, Stourbridge

My main concern is preserving Corbett Meadow for the people of Stourbridge to enjoy now and in the future. This meadow is an historic legacy that John Corbett left to the people of Stourbridge in 1892.
It is proposed as a Local Green Space (LGS) in the Black Country Plan, Policy DSA4 on page 434 of the consultation document. Also it is an Area of High Historical Landscape Value, Policy ENV5 on page 230.
This is a valuable green lung in a built up urban area and if this area was built on it would overstretch an already overburdened services and roads infrastructure. A new housing development should not be at the loss of this unique asset.
If this area was the subject of a future Planning Application with special conditions attached or part of it build on it would still damage nature of the meadow and the wildlife that has developed on it in over 100 years. For a short-term financial gain it would squander the opportunity of managing the Meadow for a long-term public benefit as an 'Outdoor Surgery' for improving community & health services and physical & mental well-being

Support

Representation ID: 22601

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Simon Page

Corbett Meadow Local Green Space Policy DSA4
I am writing to SUPPORT the inclusion of Corbett Meadow to be designated as a loal green space in the Black country Plan.
The meadow is an important green ‘lung’ in an already built up, urban area. It is an important wildlife habitat and provides a home for many animals, birds and insecrs.
The meadow is of historic interest and was gifted to the people of Amblecote and Stourbridge as a legacy of John Corbett.
Any development of the meadow would add pressure to already overstretched services like doctors and schools, and would increase traffic on already congested roads leading to an increase in air pollution, noise and dirt. There would be safety concerns if any new access road were to be opened not Vicarage Road.
The meadow could be used for the benefit local residents by giving them a place to exercise, socialise and enjoy nature in an urban setting. This would have a positive impact on peoples health and well being both mental and physical.

Support

Representation ID: 23201

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Save the Corbett Meadow Action Group

Number of people: 228

Agent: Mr Lance Cartwright

You can help in saving the meadow and lobbying for its long term use in the public benefit by supporting its proposed designation as a Local Green Space in the Black Country Plan.

Consultation on the Black Country Plan commences on 16 August and runs to 11 October 2021

We need new housing development but not at the cost of this unique asset and its potential - once it's gone , it's gone...

We the undersigned SUPPORT the proposed designation of the Corbett Meadow (Black Country Plan site Reference 10516) as a Local Green Space.

Support

Representation ID: 43842

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Susan Bryan

So I object to any development on greenbelt land, I also object to any development on brown sites. We have over the last few years and at present too many houses being built. The roads structure and amenities are not there. More houses will only add to the burden to the already full roads, schools and surgeries.
I object to greenbelt land being built on as we will lose wildlife their natural habitat gone for good. This tory government wants more trees planted but if you build on green space you can not plant trees in any number.
Trees are important and seen as the lungs of the earth.
Many people including me need green space for wellbeing and to enjoy nature.
I support any green space that is designated as a Local Green Space. For the reasons above.

Support

Representation ID: 46227

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Amanda Mumford

Policy DSA4, Corbett Meadow Local Green Space, knowing designation for sites as above indicates particular significance and importance to local residents and gives extra protection.