Draft Black Country Plan

Object

Representation ID: 23562

Received: 06/10/2021

Respondent: Moseley Road Open Space Group Response 5

Number of people: 459

Objection to Table 43 Site WOH 273

As residents of Bilston in the City of Wolverhampton, we object to any houses being built on this site known as the Grapes Fields. We do so because it is a beautiful and valuable green open space which we believe are our green lungs 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 residents who are interested in the Wildlife of this area of the City.

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 in 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 space 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 resident living here and now, and for those that planners would like to "shoe horn" in and would be living in the newly created 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 crating even more traffic at this busy junction.
More dwelling at this location will also add pressure on local schools and doctor's surgery etc.

We object in the strongest possible terms