Wolverhampton Towns and Neighbourhoods Area (WTNA)

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Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14360

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Andy Dent

Representation Summary:

WOH274 WTNA, WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton
I want to register my strong objections to your plans to destroy part of a hugely important area for wildlife and people.
Don’t do if, it makes no sense

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14366

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Angela Nickless

Representation Summary:

The nature reserve is one of the only remaining natural places in the area •available for the public to roam.
•Essential to maintaining mental health
•Allowing nature to thrive
•Biodiversity
•Wetland
•Orchids and hundreds of other wild species of pants •provides a corridor into the city for people, wild plants and animals •an opportunity to use as a foundation for further work within Wolverhampton to ensure cleaner air, open spaces, tree planting, rewilding The WEC is not brownfield
I object to the housing on the WEC
the Black Country Plan - page 608, ref WOH274 WTNA, WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14368

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Angela Nickless

Representation Summary:

Reasons for objecting to building on the site of Wolverhampton environmental Centre
The WEC is part of the only remaining natural places in the area •available for the public to roam.
•Aid to maintaining mental health
•Allowing nature to thrive
•Biodiversity
•Wetland
•Orchids and hundreds of other wild species of pants •provides a corridor into the city for people, wild plants and animals •an opportunity to use as a foundation for further work within Wolverhampton to ensure cleaner air, open spaces, tree planting, rewilding •The WEC is not brownfield
I object to the housing on the WEC
the Black Country Plan - page 608, ref WOH274 WTNA, WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14507

Received: 30/09/2021

Respondent: Angela Vanstone

Representation Summary:

[Redacted] I OBJECT to building on the WEC, wolverhampton environmental centre in the middle of our only nature reserve.
I moved to Wolverhampton [redacted] and love living here. One of the things I really enjoy is walking through Smestow Valley Nature reserve. The WEC is a big part of
that.
We must save what green spaces we have. Climate change is happening

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14511

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Ann Holdcroft Ortlip & Gene Ortlip

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

NO to building on the WEC

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14525

Received: 02/10/2021

Respondent: Bina Rawal

Representation Summary:

I have been reading the plans for the Wec and green areas around.
I totally object and disagree.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14532

Received: 02/10/2021

Respondent: Brian Campbell

Representation Summary:

I am emailing go to express my concerns and opposition to the proposed building of houses on the WEC Smestow Valley for the following reasons
Heavy Congestion on the access road as locals and walkers park there day and night to access the valley walks
Safety concerns for children/ animals crossing over from one part of the old railway line to the other
Permanent loss of invaluable green space and the inevitable March of “progress” - once permission to hold I given developers will seek more and more of the green space land
Disruption to the local neighbourhood and walkers if the works go ahead

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14533

Received: 05/10/2021

Respondent: Brian and Amanda Penfold

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

Please remove this much loved local amenity from your plan. Placing 14 house in the centre of a nature reserve is clearly going to be detrimental to wild life and access to the public which have increasingly relied on this peaceful place to cope with the pandemic.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14537

Received: 03/10/2021

Respondent: Brian Tivey

Representation Summary:

Page 608 ref. WOH274 WTNA, WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton
I would like to object to this plan as the WEC Smestow Valley is a fantastic asset to Wolverhampton and the surrounding areas. It has been a haven of beauty and tranquility in the past 18 months and no doubt helped with people’s mental health especially as a lot of people have had to work in isolation due to the pandemic.
As people such as the National Trust are encouraging people to plant a tree it would be sacrilege to devastate this habitat of wild flowers, animals and trees for for the profit of house building.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14564

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Carol Fletcher

Representation Summary:

I am writing to object to the proposal to build houses on the site of the old Wolverhampton Environment Centre.
Any building on this land that is surrounded by the Smestow Valley nature reserve would seriously damage the ecosystem, which is currently home to many wild animals, [redacted].
This area currently provides a wonderful continuous green space from the canal to the old railway walk, which benefits all local residents recreationally, with minimal
impact on the environment. The proposal for luxury homes will be damaging to both.
As there are already plans for additional housing on Paget Road, once the college relocates to Wolverhampton City Centre, this proposal to build on green space also seems totally unnecessary. It will benefit the few who can afford this type of luxury home, without having any impact on homes needed for people in Wolverhampton, whilst to the detriment of the local community and wildlife.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14585

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Carolyn Crump

Representation Summary:

Plans to build on bushbury lane, legs lane, and cat and kittens lane is overwhelmingly opposed by myself and neighbours. Not only are we having a few hundred houses built on the former northicote school site you wish to build many hundreds more in the surrounding area. No schools to accommodate such numbers, nor vital services such as GP surgeries. This is a blatant attempt to take away our beautiful green spaces and is not justified in any way. I expect these plans to be dropped.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14589

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Carolyn Fullard

Representation Summary:

I write to object to the development of WEC Smestow Valley.
I visited this delightful GREEN FIELD site for the first time for many years this week whilst visiting a friend. The beautiful area was a regular walking and playing area when I was younger, many of my friends attended Smestow School and my Brother in Law went on to teach there.
I was absolutely appalled when my friend told me of the proposal and I read the notices.
This is absolutely ludicrous. Why has it not been publicly announced. Why is it being classed as a Brownfield site just because it used to have greenhouses on it. This is nothing more than a money making scheme.
[Redacted] the oxygen people get from walking in such a beautiful woodlands is a major health benefit.
The WEC is part of the only remaining natural places in the area available for the public to roam.
A Biodiversity wetland Allowing nature to thrive with [redacted] and hundreds of other wild species of plants.
It provides a corridor into the city for people to visit and take their children and grandparents to learn and see wild plants and animals
Surely this should be seen as an opportunity to use as a foundation for further work within Wolverhampton to ensure cleaner air, open spaces, tree planting, rewilding definitely not to be classed as a Brownfield Site which it certainly is not.
Come on Dudley and Wolverhampton Council, give your community this beautiful area by not building on one of the few Green Sites we still have access to.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14594

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Catherine Nash

Representation Summary:

I would like to object to the plans to build houses on the WEC Smestow Valley Wolverhampton.
This site is very special to the area and people who live close by it is the only real natural area we have to visit. There are many animals also that call this place home. Our children will miss out on exploring and experiencing nature as it is supposed to be.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14604

Received: 04/10/2021

Respondent: Cathryn Cottis

Representation Summary:

Please take this email as my objection to the Black Country Plan - page 608, ref WOH274 WTNA, WEC
Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton.
It would be an absolute travesty for 14 luxury homes to be built on this site! It would deprive local residents of the natural beauty of this open space, a space that was and still is a lifeline for thousands during the pandemic and that is also the habitat of several protected species.
Please don’t sacrifice this green space that means so much to so many, over to some luxury dwellings project!

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14605

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Chris Cooke

Representation Summary:

WOH274 WTNA, WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton
I wish to object to plans for building on the above site. I spent all my childhood and a good deal of my adult life living [redacted] just across from this proposed development. When we look at the latest figures for the state of nature in the UK then this is just another nail in natures coffin . There is absolutely no need whatsoever for building on this very special area which is loved both by locals and those from further afield. Although I no longer live in the area , the rest of my family do and I know how much it means to everyone.
Perhaps you haven`t yet caught on to brownfield sites being developed prior to greenbelt or perhaps you don`t fancy the cost of cleaning up brownfield sites and prefer the easy option.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14637

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Chris Needham

Representation Summary:

I am writing in connection with the Black Country Plan ref WOH274 WTNA, WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton.
[redacted]
I would like it recorded that I object to the proposal to put housing on the WEC.
Although I no longer live in the area my parents and grandparents did and they would be very saddened by these proposals.
The loss of such a natural habitat and the ability to be able to walk and explore it would be devastating. If there is one thing that lock-down has taught us it is that the opportunity to get outside and relax in the countryside is very important for people’s well-being and mental health.
The damage to the local plants and wild-life with the consequent loss of bio-diversity etc. needs be considered here. These will not easily be replaced.
There surely must be some brownfield sites elsewhere which could be better utilised for these proposals

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14640

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Claire Hickman

Representation Summary:

Ref- Black Country Plan page 608 ref WOH274 WTNA, WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton
I am emailing you to request that you do not go ahead with building on our local nature reserve. I walk my dog there every day and it gives me and many others a peaceful place to go amongst nature which makes me feel so much happier, helping my well being as well as my dog’s. I love to walk there and admire the different species of trees and plants. It’s also a sanctuary for many birds and other animals so it would be terrible to see that taken away. Most people including me, understand that new homes need to be built, but I’m sure it can be done elsewhere. Living in an urban area, the WEC nature reserve is precious to the local community.
We would be heartbroken if it was to be demolished to build houses so I beg you not to do this.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14658

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Craig Penfield

Representation Summary:

WOH274WTNA
I feel building on the WEC site would damage the wild life on here , so no to building on the WEC site

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14672

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Mrs Deborah Chidlow

Representation Summary:

I wish to object to the proposed building of 14 luxury homes on a wonderful piece of countryside surrounded by the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve in Finchfield WV3 9AY, near the much loved railway walk, the ex WEC Wolverhampton Environment Centre.
Ref : WOH 274 WTNA

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14686

Received: 07/10/2021

Respondent: Diana Holmes

Representation Summary:

I would like to add my voice to the many people who are objecting to what I understand to be proposals to build luxury homes on the ex-Wolverhampton Environment Centre, in the centre of the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve. Like so many other people I walk regularly along the canal and the old Railway and through the Reserve – this has been especially valuable during the pandemic, but the whole area is always very well used and provides – as you know – incalculable benefits for both physical and mental health. Wolverhampton has many brownfield sites available and the development of green field sites should surely be avoided whenever possible. What was the Environment Centre should remain, as at present, a real asset to the environment, as to the many citizens who value and make very good use of it.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14687

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Diane Morgan

Representation Summary:

I am writing to strongly object to your plans for housing on WEC on Smestow Valley Nature Reserve, page 608 ref WOH274 WTNA
Smestow Valley Nature Reserve is an extremely valuable outside area that, at present, is accessible for many people, wildlife and plant life. Your plans for housing will exclude the majority of people and give the advantage to a few people.
The outside area gives us oxygen and improves mental health and physical health. It gives young and old the wonderful opportunity to experience nature at its best and in their own proximity.
There are many benefits for many people.
Natural area to roam
Benefits of mental and physical health
Thriving, well established nature
Biodiversity
Wetland
WEC is not now, nor ever was a brownfield site. Any building will be subject to the flooding that we see regularly in other parts of the country that have been built on the wrong sites. The area does now, and will continue to flood.
There are considerably more disadvantages to building there than there are disadvantages. We must protect people, wildlife and nature

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14722

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Drew Nickless

Representation Summary:

The WEC is part of the only remaining natural places in the area
•available for the public to roam.
•Essential to maintaining mental health
•Allowing nature to thrive
•Biodiversity
•Wetland
•[redacted] and hundreds of other wild species of pants
•provides a corridor into the city for people, wild plants and animals
•an opportunity to use as a foundation for further work within Wolverhampton to ensure cleaner air, open spaces, tree planting, rewilding
The WEC is not brownfield
I object to the housing on the WEC
the Black Country Plan - page 608, ref WOH274 WTNA,
WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14730

Received: 08/10/2021

Respondent: Eileen Haynes

Representation Summary:

Ref:- Page 608, WOH274 WTNA WEC Smestow Valley Wolverhampton
This e-mail is being sent to strongly oppose the building of any dwellings on the Smestow Valley nature reserve.
The area has become a natural habitat [redacted] many other species of flora and
fauna.
The area is greatly loved by many and it would be a terrible shame to cause any alteration to one of the few beautiful green spaces of the city.
Please visit our Friends of the WEC Facebook site and see the many photos and comments that show what a valued area this is, as it is, to the community.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14736

Received: 04/10/2021

Respondent: Elaine Bullen

Representation Summary:

Please take this email as my Objection to the Black Country Plan- page 608, ref WOH274 WTNA, WEC
Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton.
It would be an absolute travesty for 14 luxury homes to be built on this site! It would deprive local residents of the natural beauty of this open space, a space that was and still is a lifeline for thousands during the pandemic and that is also the habitat of several protected species.
Please don’t sacrifice this green space that means so much to so many, over to some luxury dwellings project!

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14737

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Eleanor Stacey

Representation Summary:

Regarding the plans to build homes on the former Wolverhampton Environment Centre at WV3 9AY.
Ref WOH 274 WTNA.
I wish to register my objection to the destruction of this important piece of green land which is very close to my home. The site is home to a wide array of plant and animal life, [redacted] and is a much loved space for many local people. Wolverhampton has little protected green space, but quite a lot of brown field waste land, and I strongly feel that any development
should make use of brown field sites first before ruining our remaining natural havens. This site has several pools, and some of the land is quite boggy - it seems highly likely that any building here is likely to require a lot of disruptive re-routing of water courses and is quite likely to cause flooding issues. Hardly something that the council should be aspiring to.
I hope that the overwhelming weight of public opinion, which is strongly opposed to building on this
land, will be recognised rather than ignored by our elected representatives.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14750

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Gail Lewis

Representation Summary:

I strongly object to building houses on the WEC My reasons for objecting to building on the site of
Wolverhampton environmental Centre are
The WEC is part of the only remaining natural places in the area
•available for the public to roam.
•Aid to maintaining mental health
•Allowing nature to thrive
•Biodiversity
•Wetland
•[redacted] hundreds of other wild species of pants
•provides a corridor into the city for people, wild plants and animals
•an opportunity to use as a foundation for further work within Wolverhampton to ensure cleaner air, open spaces, tree planting, rewilding
•The WEC is not brownfield
I object to the housing on the WEC
the Black Country Plan - page 608, ref WOH274 WTNA,
WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14774

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Gill Bailey

Representation Summary:

I object to the building of 14 houses on the WEC, Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton.
I was born, grew up and worked all my working life in Tettenhall, and still have many family members and friends in the area who love and use the Nature Reserve.
At a time when biodiversity and re-wilding is at the forefront of the minds of the people on our planet Wolverhampton seem to be set on building on their local nature reserve, a stunning ‘conserved’ green corridor along the Smestow Brook. Why?
Plans to build 14 homes in the middle of the nature reserve will restrict the biodiversity to be found there. Future generations should be able to enjoy this special site knowing that their
Council did not allow the destruction of it.
Please do not allow this amazing reserve to be spoiled

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14914

Received: 05/10/2021

Respondent: Hazel Burdon

Representation Summary:

I wish to register my strong objection to the proposal to destroy WEC Smestow Valley, Wolverhampton by building 17 luxury houses.
I find it unbelievable that so called intelligent people can show so little regard towards wildlife and the well being of their citizens. With all the media coverage of the importance of reserving nature, trees and green spaces I would have thought that this would have been a priority for the Local Authorities of the Black Country. Obviously I was wrong.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14922

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Helen Hoult

Representation Summary:

I strongly object to the construction of houses on the site of the former Wolverhampton Environment Centre (WEC). I cannot believe that the previously developed site has been removed from the green belt. What is the point of having a green belt if sections of it can be removed so easily?
The outline planning permission has now lapsed and probably would not have been granted if enough
members of the public had been aware of the implications of what was happening. There was public consultation but in my opinion, there were flaws in the way it was presented by Wolverhampton City Council. New outline planning permission should not be given.
THE WEC is a wonderful area of open space, in a city that has very little green space. The benefits of open space to the mental health of society have been well publicised during the pandemic. I believe that no houses should ever be built on the site or in any part of the Smestow Valley Local Nature Reserve, a wonderfully unique treasure in the landscape of Wolverhampton.

Object

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 14929

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Ian Bradley

Representation Summary:

I object to the building of anything at the WEC nature reserve, Smestow Valley, a true oasis.