Draft Black Country Plan

Object

Representation ID: 23567

Received: 16/09/2021

Respondent: Moseley Road Open Space Group Response 4

Number of people: 44

Objection to Table 43 Site WOH 273

As residents of Bilston in the City of Wolverhampton, we object to any houses being built on the site known as the Grapes Field. We do so because it is a beautiful and valuable green open space which we believe is important for our green lungs it is used for leisure and public health amenity.

It is an important habitat for local birds and it provides shelter and stopping off points for migrant birds during the times they travel in the seasons. That in itself, is a wonderful sight for the residents who are interested in the Wildlife of this area of the City. It is also home to small bats, hedgehogs and other wildlife all of which can be seen at different times of the year.

Residents use the land for walking, exercise, recreation and children's games. Plus, it is a popular meeting place for neighbours and friends, all of which in this stressful world we live helps with mental health. In our neighbourhood there are several maisonettes and flats without gardens. Residents rely upon this green space and will miss this area if taken away.

You just cannot take a piece of green open space which is used like this from a congested and cramped part of the City. Taking it away and building on it will not provide the additional open space amenity a modern neighbourhood requires. It will do the reverse and create even less green space for the current residents living here now, and for those that planners would like to `shoe horn' in and who would be living in the newly create dwellings on the site.

In short losing amenity to houses in an area short of amenity is not good planning.

We believe it will fundamentally interrupt quiet enjoyment by the community, it will increase traffic congestion, noise and fumes and add to parking problems creating even more traffic at this busy junction.
More dwellings at this location will also add pressure on local schools and doctor's surgeries many of which are already over-subscribed.

We object in the strongest possible terms