Policy CSA1 – Bushbury Strategic Allocation

Object

Representation ID: 10604

Received: 23/08/2021

Respondent: Mr Simon Peacock

You are cutting into Green Belt land; once it is gone, it can never be recovered. This whole area is used by locals for exercise, walking the dog, cycling and other open-air activities; other sections are used by local farmers. You just knocked a school down (WOH199) and now you suggest that you may need another one; that is a total failure of forward planning.

Object

Representation ID: 10622

Received: 25/08/2021

Respondent: Mr Craig Perry

Destroying Green land. Plenty of other derelict land can be use .

Object

Representation ID: 10624

Received: 26/08/2021

Respondent: Mrs Deborah Daly

Schools no room=rubbish
Dr’s can cope=rubbish, we use these facilities
Build elsewhere , plenty of empty industrial estates.
No where for kids to go or do anything now.
Roads already busy and dangerous at school times.

Object

Representation ID: 10627

Received: 26/08/2021

Respondent: Mr Ian Mincher

We simply do not have the capacity for this additional infrastructure and the land is prime green belt land whereas within less than half a mile there is land crying out for development on the old OS site?

Object

Representation ID: 10629

Received: 27/08/2021

Respondent: Mr Michael Bucknall

I cannot understand why greenbelt land is sought to be built on when brownfield sites are close by which may be used. There are many derelict buildings throughout the city also which may be redeveloped. I also don't believe the infrastructure plans are sufficient to deal with the proposed increase in population for the locality. This will detrimentally impact the quality of children's lives with less green space, bigger class sizes at local high schools ultimately lowering the quality of life for future generations and economic prospects for them.

Object

Representation ID: 10649

Received: 29/08/2021

Respondent: Miss JANE TYLER

Proposed plans to build in close proximity to Northycote farm will damage its sensitive ecosystem for ever and totally destroy the green space that provides vital solace for the mental wellbeing of city residents in this part of the city. I feel the less wealthy north of the borough is being targeted to protect other wealthy areas yet it is the less wealthy areas that are in greater need of such free public green spaces for their mental and physical health. As these residents have less opportunity to travel outside the borough to other green spaces.

Object

Representation ID: 10736

Received: 07/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Gordon Buchanan

Also the facilities that a new estate would need i.e. shops, doctors, schools. we are over subscribed on all these facilities already and this would only exasperate this.
Plus this would surround two of the most important historically important sites - Northicote Farm and Moseley Old Hall.

I do believe you will be crippling local services and amenities and denying future children thier natural right to nature and the countryside.

We have plenty of derelict brownfield sites in Wolverhampton that could be used without any inconvenience to anyone.

I personally don't believe the present infrastructure can stand any more traffic. This is a lovely tranquil area in danger of being ruined. I would say think again and look at brownfield sites.

Object

Representation ID: 10824

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Linda Turner

I strongly object to building housing on land adjacent to Devils Elbow, Northycote Farm. In addition to the adverse affect on wildlife which as described by the Farms Caretakers would be devastating, many people currently using this natural space to help with their mental health and well-being will be severely disadvantaged. This is the only green and peaceful and natural space in the area accessible to people and has proved a very real life line for many people including myself. Building on Devils Elbow/Monarch Way will remove a much needed therapeutic environment and at great cost to peoples health.

Comment

Representation ID: 10829

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Linda Turner

many people currently using this natural space to help with their mental health and well-being will be severely disadvantaged. This is the only green and peaceful and natural space in the area accessible to people and has proved a very real life line for many people including myself. Building on Devils Elbow/Monarch Way will remove a much needed therapeutic environment and at great cost to peoples health.

Object

Representation ID: 10830

Received: 13/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Linda Turner

I strongly object to building housing on land adjacent to Devils Elbow, Northycote Farm. In addition to the adverse affect on wildlife which as described by the Farms Caretakers would be devastating, many people currently using this natural space to help with their mental health and well-being will be severely disadvantaged. This is the only green and peaceful and natural space in the area accessible to people and has proved a very real life line for many people including myself. Building on Devils Elbow/Monarch Way will remove a much needed therapeutic environment and at great cost to peoples health.

Object

Representation ID: 10878

Received: 16/09/2021

Respondent: Ms Leanne Bood

We do not need to build on green belt sites when we have sufficient brownfield sites and buildings within our city centers that could be used for suitable housing.
The planned build on the Greenland off Westacre crescent in Finchfield and the green belt land off Nothycote lane in bushbury should not go ahead.
These areas of natural beauty give the community safe, outdoor space for people to enjoy.

Comment

Representation ID: 11027

Received: 20/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Rebecca Bickmore-Green

Though I agree more housing is needed green land should be protected. There are plenty of derelict buildings that can be used which are on land. Disused car parks should be looked at. I particularly object to the land on cat and kittens Lane being used. It’s an open field that backs on to woods and Moseley Old Hall which is a national trust property is on the doorstep. We need to protect places like this that come with lots of history. Finally, please let’s not forget the wildlife. There will be nothing left soon. Woods and fields help our mental health as well as physical. WE NEED THEM!

Object

Representation ID: 11055

Received: 21/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Linda Arthrell

Regarding the proposal for new housing and a school to be built at Northycote Lane and Legs Lane in Bushbury. This green belt land is vital to the environment and to the well-being of local residents. The proposal would impact heavily on traffic around this residential area and would be detrimental to wildlife.
There are other areas in Wolverhampton where new housing could be built, so I would ask that this scheme be reconsidered.

Object

Representation ID: 11088

Received: 21/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Linda Arthrell

Summary: Regarding the proposal for new housing and a school to be built at Northycote Lane and Legs Lane in Bushbury. This green belt land is vital to the environment and to the well-being of local residents. The proposal would impact heavily on traffic around this residential area and would be detrimental to wildlife.
There are other areas in Wolverhampton where new housing could be built, so I would ask that this scheme be reconsidered.

Object

Representation ID: 11089

Received: 22/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Karen Williams

Cat and Kitten green belt area.
The building of any new homes would have a detrimental impact on the natural beauty of the area and the open spaces that people walk in. It is a know fact that open space for people to walk has a positive impact of peoples mental health.
The area would be devastated by the building of so many new homes.
Moseley Old Hall is an historical building and needs to remain located in a rural area NOT surrounded by large amounts of new homes and the increase traffic the buildings would bring.

Object

Representation ID: 11093

Received: 22/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Patricia Martin

I am submitting an objection to the building of houses in this area of Bushbury. Apart from it being green belt on the counties' border and of local interest, the erection of these houses will take away the natural flood plain, as it did when the houses on the Moseley Estate were built. Storm water and foul drainage causes a build up of excess water in Primrose Avenue where houses have been flooded 6 times in the past 15 years. The houses will drain to Waterhead Brook and cause storm water build up in this area.

Comment

Representation ID: 11120

Received: 22/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Karen Williams

Summary: Cat and Kitten green belt area.
The building of any new homes would have a detrimental impact on the natural beauty of the area and the open spaces that people walk in. It is a know fact that open space for people to walk has a positive impact of peoples mental health.
The area would be devastated by the building of so many new homes.
Moseley Old Hall is an historical building and needs to remain located in a rural area NOT surrounded by large amounts of new homes and the increase traffic the buildings would bring.

Object

Representation ID: 11529

Received: 05/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Christine Irvine

I am horrified at the intended attack on the local greenbelt and open green spaces where I regularly walk, spot birds and take my grandchildren. The wildlife will be decimated by new build and the loss of vital wildlife corridors. These areas have been a lifeline during covid and improve air quality and our health and wellbeing. I particularly walk along public footpaths off Linthouse Lane and bordering Northycote Farm. Northycote Country Park will be badly diminished as a nature reserve by loss of the wildlife corrider provided by neighbouring farmland.

Object

Representation ID: 11694

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Nicola Cheshire

Greenbelt space benefits us physically and mentally. To take this away will have a massive impact on everyone. Not to mention the strain on already stretched services

Object

Representation ID: 11719

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Carla Vallonchini

*Loss of biodiverse land & natural protection from pollution.
*Inadequate road safety, poor access to proposed sites.
*Impact on breeding of wildlife & loss of natural habitats.
*New homes priced considerably more than average house prices, overpriced new builds.
*Local Brownfield sites not considered.
*Greenspace in area to promote healthy living, metal health.
*Local Government will lobby on Brownfield sites used and protect Greenbelt.
*Greenspaces vital to flood risk management
*Increase in outages and disruption to gas and sewage provisions.
*Cemetery already nearing capacity and a place that requires dignity.
*Loss of Greenbelt land is permanent to future generations.

Object

Representation ID: 11792

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Laura Keogh

Negative and Destructive Impact on Greenbelt area (High Biodiversity Resource zone & Site of Importance for Nature Conservation) Core Ecological Area & adjacent Ecological Linking Area
Significant ecological site that will result in significant ecological damage to what is Wolverhampton's main and only natural Significant Ecological site.
Wildlife/plants in the area

Rising pollution levels -increased residences and reduced vegetation that normally help remove such pollutants whilst improving air quality.

Increased flood risk

Increased traffic flow & congestion on a rural road system.

Increase in crime and ASB

Object

Representation ID: 12144

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Paul Appleby

WOH260: Unsuitable for housing due to site positioning and its elevated position.

WOH257/258/259: Loss of Greenbelt/Agricultural Land/Historical Importance/Wildlife/Nature.

Infrastructure improvements - Significant improvements in drainage, highways, schools would be needed which would also have further destruction of the greenbelt.

Object

Representation ID: 12194

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Miss Lily Morris

This many new houses will add to traffic around the area - we are already a cut through to the motorway.

Green belt and ancient woodland will be lost. Northycote site has not even been built on yet so why are we looking at sites on Greenbelt land.

No facilities in the area. We have one doctors surgery that is already impossible to get an appointment at. Zero plans for new shops, surgery, only the potential promise of a primary school.

I oppose all of the plan.

Object

Representation ID: 12839

Received: 30/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Irene Round

Wolverhampton North East Greenbelt Land in Bushbury Adjacent to Legs Lane and Bushbury Lane
Proposed 500 houses

To whom it may concern,
From the moment we moved on to [road], Bushbury in [year], we have had difficulty from day one exiting this estate. Cat & Kittens Lane, Northycote Lane, Legs Lane and Bushbury Lane have been used as a cut through to get to Wolverhampton or other destinations. At the same time this estate was built, Featherstone was also being developed which meant more traffic on these lanes.
Traffic from Cannock, The m6, Shareshill and Featherstone have been using these roads as shortcuts to get wherever their destinations may be and usually speeding, certainly not going at a reasonable speed to which we have seen several accidents at our junction of Abbeyfield Road, thankfully none fatal as yet.
Also at the same time, Greenfield Lane is being used as a short cut from the Stafford Rd, due to traffic being at a standstill, which is a regular occurrence. So getting out of Abbeyfield and Westering Parkway has become quite difficult especially peak times but most of the day as well.
A development of approximately 500 homes is going to be a massive problem for Bushbury Lane, as i used this lane 2 weeks ago to get to Wolverhampton, waiting time in the lane was almost 30 minutes. I presume this is the build up of traffic trying to get on to the Stafford Road, so this development could mean approx. several hundred vehicles all trying to move to Wolverhampton early morning, real problems. The development of the old Goodyear site has seen traffic congestion on the Stafford Rd, hence it being at a standstill several times a day. Also there are still lots of houses being built on Goodyear with their exit being Bushbury Lane.
This area does not have enough schools, the only academy was demolished a couple of years ago, we are also lacking doctors surgeries in this area.
Moving on, we are now threatened with the ministry of defence site a couple of hundreds yards away, being demolished to make way for factory units, more traffic on these lanes. Almost certainly there will be a new feeder link joining the M54 from the M6, more noise and pollution from that.
We don't need any more traffic on our lanes. Keep fields green.

Object

Representation ID: 12920

Received: 24/09/2021

Respondent: Patricia Jebb

My objections to the proposed plans, for the new build housing in the countryside in and around the Moseley area, which includes Moseley Road, Cat and Kittens Lane, Northycote Lane and Legs Lane, which is nearly all ancient/historic woods dating back centuries also Waterhead Brook and all the adjoining fields, once they've gone, what history is there left of the area.
Also in the current climate we are being urged to save and protect our trees, countryside and wildlife.
Why would Wolverhampton planning think they should not.
Ask yourselves how will you feel :-
1/.
I fought to save this lovely green and pleasant land. All the ancient Oak trees, lovely countryside (which there is very little of in Wolverhampton) for the future, and up and coming generations.
OR
2/.
I am not bothered, carry on building your concrete jungles, and say, you'll run out of land very soon.
Very sad !!

Object

Representation ID: 13489

Received: 25/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kathryn Mottram

I am objecting to any development on Northycote Lane and Cat & Kittens Lane -blackcountryplan.dudley.gov.uk/t12/p5 and t12/p6 for the following reasons:
Where do I begin with my objections to the building on these pieces of precious greenbelt? What on earth do you think you are acheiving by ripping up more and more trees, hedgerows, green pastures, etc???? Why do we need even more housing???? Who is it for???? More people that are coming to this area/the UK who are "poor migrants who need a better life", a better life claiming our benefits, using our health care, our eduction system, needing housing that we haven't got so we need to build!!!!
I appreciate that UK citizens (born here) need affordable starter homes for their children, smaller accommodation for more elderly people, but surely these can be built on much much smaller plots of land, say on sites of old industrial land (The Royal Hospital keeps being talked about, Goodyear site was an excellent site to build on).
What planet are these people on who want to build on greenbelt???? If they carry on like this there will be no planet left!!
I think it is absolutely awful that there are plans to ruin even more of our countryside. We have also got that ridiculous plan regarding putting a major link road through greenbelt close to us going around too.
DO NOT BUILD ON THESE SITES.

Object

Representation ID: 13509

Received: 21/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs K Alldritt

Regarding the Housing Development in-:
Cat and Kittens Lane, Northycote Lane, Legs Lane. Green Belt.

At the back of Northycote Lane, leading to Northycote Farm, there is a lovely country lane. This lane was our sanctuary during covid and helped us to keep our sanity, as with many other walkers and dog walkers. This lane has been used by walkers for generations, and would be a very sad loss indeed, we would all have to loose it.
This our only Green Space, please don't Ruin it.

P.S. Also with the building of new roads, it is bound to have an effect one Mosely Old Hall

Object

Representation ID: 13546

Received: 07/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Anthony Hickman

Black Country Reference no: WOH260

The area WOH206 isnt an area to be considered not only because it is a greenbelt land but because it is a natural defence against the weather as the climate has proven to be changing, longer rainy season's and hotter periods that without greenbelt land which have a natural defence providing a water break and a natural habitat for dwindling eco/ insect populations. These places are a place to help with our mental wellbeing. Being able to step outside and walk into a place that can help so many with difficulties, are being teared down and not protected. We do need to find new places to build but not sacrificing the green belts. I would have to ask why so many derelict sites in and around town have not been repurposed, and considered. Revenue for the town.

Object

Representation ID: 14019

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Kathleen Hancock

Number of people: 2

I wish to object to the proposed housing developments which are planned for Bushbury; Cat &Kittens Lane, Northycote Lane + Legs Lane. this would mean a total of 523 houses on green belt land. this would be in addition to the large development of 200+ houses due to be built on the site of the 'old Northicote school land nearby.
Building the 4 new estates would mean creating one huge estate when merged with the Old Hall Park, Moseley Parkland, Moseley Meadow & Moseley Green Estates close by and would take away a huge amount of beautiful local countryside. the creation of these new estates would have a huge impact on local services which are already overstretched. There is free land adjoining Tennyson Road which was housing land until the houses were demolished. Why not build there. there must be underused land in Wolverhampton which would be ideal for small estates which would not infringe on the greenbelt land

Object

Representation ID: 14192

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Barry Cooper

As a resident of [text redacted] the Bushbury Strategic Allocation is of great concern, as the development of houses in Northycote Lane will have an impact on Moseley Road which abuts Northycote Lane and Cat and Kittens Lane. This area is steeped in history and should remain as a rural area rather than merged into the conurbation. It will also effect the approach and environs of Moseley Old Hall, one of the oldest properties of interest in and around Wolverhampton. Not to mention The Monarch’s Way, which is adjacent to the development.
This may be regarded as NIMBYism, but we residents in this area, living on the boundaries of the Wolverhampton and South Staffs, have had more than our fair share of developments and threatened developments within a couple of miles. Examples of which:-
I 54.
Oakwood Prison
Proposed development of rail terminal Calf Heath.
Extension of industrial estate junction of Cannock Road A460 and Moseley Road.
Proposed redevelopment of old munitions factory Cat and Kittens Lane .
Proposed new motorway junction between Featherstone and Cannock.
To name, but a few.