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Draft Black Country Plan
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Representation ID: 15879
Received: 26/09/2021
Respondent: Amblecote History Society
1. Fully support the proposed designation for the Corbett Meadow
Policy Number DSA4 to become a Local Green Space (LGS). The meadow is an important part of Amblecote’s History and Heritage
It is essential that this parcel of land should be preserved, as the area of Amblecote has been targeted for high density housing over the last five decades.
The meadow is a beautiful green open space with undulating landscape, pleasing to the eye, a breath of fresh air within the surrounding stifling infrastructure.
As a local Green Space it is vital that it should be retained for the protection of its wildlife value and the natural history education for local schools it could offer.
We propose that the meadow should be retained for the health and well being of the community and for Stourbridge and the surrounding areas, as John Corbett stated if the land was to become surplus.
It is certainly an Area of High Historic Landscape Value. The meadow is part of “The Hill” estate, when entrepreneur and benefactor John Corbett purchased it in 1892 it was to be known as The Corbett Hospital.
The meadow is the last historic visible part of the ‘The Hill’ estate and should be retained for opportunities for further interesting research into old Amblecote. The site shows the possibility of being a location of an historic windmill.
(See research by borough archeologist John Hemingway - Township Map 1750)
The Corbett Meadow is a visible part of Amblecote’s History and Heritage and it is imperative that it should remain so. less
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Draft Black Country Plan
Policy ENV 5 - Historic Character and Local Distinctiveness of the Black Country
Representation ID: 15880
Received: 26/09/2021
Respondent: Amblecote History Society
2. Fully support the proposed designation for the Corbett Meadow
Policy Number ENV5 to become an Area of High Historic Landscape Value.
The meadow is an important part of Amblecote’s History and Heritage
It is essential that this parcel of land should be preserved, as the area of Amblecote has been targeted for high density housing over the last five decades.
The meadow is a beautiful green open space with undulating landscape, pleasing to the eye, a breath of fresh air within the surrounding stifling infrastructure.
As a local Green Space it is vital that it should be retained for the protection of its wildlife value and the natural history education for local schools it could offer.
We propose that the meadow should be retained for the health and well being of the community and for Stourbridge and the surrounding areas, as John Corbett stated if the land was to become surplus.
It is certainly an Area of High Historic Landscape Value. The meadow is part of “The Hill” estate, when entrepreneur and benefactor John Corbett purchased it in 1892 it was to be known as The Corbett Hospital.
The meadow is the last historic visible part of the ‘The Hill’ estate and should be retained for opportunities for further interesting research into old Amblecote. The site shows the possibility of being a location of an historic windmill.
(See research by borough archeologist John Hemingway - Township Map 1750)
The Corbett Meadow is a visible part of Amblecote’s History and Heritage and it is imperative that it should remain so.
