Object

Representation ID: 64

Received: 13/12/2023

Respondent: Mr Adam Blackford

Lack of adequate infrastructure. Ruiton Street is not capable of dealing with current through traffic and school traffic; this development severely pressurises this further and creates substantial safety problems. It also removes important free parking, used for shop and hairdressing businesses. Until new highway infrastructures, road widening, speed restrictions and safe crossing or proposed we heavily object to this proposal.

Object

Representation ID: 194

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Alex Stanton

I wish to express an objection to the potential housing development site ref 87. Constructing 19 houses on the limited land between Ruiton Street and Holwell Street poses a threat to nearby businesses and will eliminate the open green space, causing substantial harm. Additionally, the development is expected to worsen current traffic and parking problems in the area.

Object

Representation ID: 195

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Adam Blackford

Firstly, thank you for bringing this to our attention and for collating our responses to feedback to council. We would formally object to these proposals; on the basis that we just do not have the correct infrastructure to accommodate more residential development. I am certainly not adverse to the development of new homes in the area, but I feel this development will put too much strain on the accessibility and safety of current residence and the local education sites. Ruiton Street is a bus route and is already too narrow to accommodate the traffic flow, with this additional pressure we feel it will cause a lot of problems. We would like to be kept informed of the developments and if there are any plans to significantly develop the infrastructure before anything is agreed. We live on Holloways Street approximately 200yrds from the proposed development.

Object

Representation ID: 197

Received: 13/12/2023

Respondent: Becky Lawrence-Hill

I would like to object to the proposed housing developments on Holloway Street West and Ruiton Street. My reasons are as follows: - the roads are here are extremely overwhelmed currently without adding
additional building works or more residents. To get onto main roads both of these developments would require to go down extremely narrow roads causing damage and accidents to become more frequent than they already are. I frequently witness trucks and buses drive on the pavement to pass other vehicles. There is also a lot of pot holes in the area which will only be made worse by large trucks and builders vans. - both developments are extremely close to nature reserves where a lot of animals and birds live. We regularly see foxes, badgers and hedgehogs on Holloway Street which would become greatly disturbed by the noise caused by development. These animals should be
protected. - local residents have already dealt with a great deal of noise from other local housing developments going
on throughout the year, we should be able to enjoy the peace in our own homes, particularly when working from
There is insufficient parking at Holloway Street West, the street is narrow so vehicles struggle to park on the road making it dangerous and accidents more likely. The houses opposite already struggle to park if their households have more than 1 car and this problem would be made much worse.

Object

Representation ID: 210

Received: 12/12/2023

Respondent: Frances Berry

Hi, I would like to object about the potential housing development off Ruston street /colwall
road(site ref:87) for the following reasons: People’s mental health. There are people who walk their dogs and children
play on their, there is a lot of low income families in Dudley who never go on holiday so taking away their green space
is not good for them. I do understand that housing is in high demand however, there is also more pressure put on the services ,example the police are unable to police the area as it is I myself have rang the police all you are given is a crime number. More people in the area will lead to more traffic on the road and higher GP waits trying to get an appointment is ridiculous. The wild life habitat being destroyed is also upsetting. It is ok for those in parliament who can have all the holidays they want . Please don’t take the beauty off the Gornal people. Soon we will live in concrete jungles that is not good for people’s mental health

Object

Representation ID: 211

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Hayley Gonderton

Re: Potential housing development Off Ruiton Street/Colwall Road, Gornal (Site ref:87) I wish
to make an objection to this planning application due to the damage it will cause to the current green space and to
prevent further damage to the already existing, narrow and poorly maintained road system surrounding said
development. This area already suffers from major parking issues, this development will make it worse.

Object

Representation ID: 212

Received: 12/12/2023

Respondent: Louise Batchelor

Re ,potential housing development off Ruiton st / colwall rd,Gornal (site ref: 87 As residents myself and my husband object to any development of housing on the land ,named reasons being : 1 . There is already problems with parking in colwall rd ,its a very narrow rd and more housing would cause more conjestion . 2 .The carpark is for the flats and shops on stickley lane ,holloway st .where would people park? . 3. It would ruin the beautiful view from stickley . 4 . There is wildlife living on that land and the builders will have blood on there hands if they were to churn up animals homes that have lived there for years. 5 ,i know that it would affect my mental health as i enjoy my home just the way it is without a horrible new build right in front of where i live.. 6 im worried about what sort of antsocial behaviour it would attract as we live in a lovely ,safe ,quiet culdesac , I really hope this build doesnt happen as i feel it will have knock on effect to our community,

Object

Representation ID: 213

Received: 11/12/2023

Respondent: Pamela Holloway

I am against the 19 houses been built on land off Ruston at and Colwall Road will cause traffic problem and no light to a homes.

Comment

Representation ID: 214

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Stephen Howard

Opposed to planning on colwall road / ruiton street Increased traffic on a busy road at the best of time Increase risk at school times with the already very busy junction Where traffic is constantly blocked already
due to increased traffic Lack of discussion and interaction with residents on this matter Would like to see the proposed building layout of the housing and positioning as if they are putting houses facing stickley lane that will cause excessive problems with parking and people accessing said properties But this is not an ideal place due to its location and the already busy junction with buses and children.

Object

Representation ID: 247

Received: 14/12/2023

Respondent: Edith Fones

I am writing to object the the council building 19 houses on the land Colwall road/Ruiton street.
I live in a property that is in a concealed drive, which is very quiet and private, if they
go along with building these houses I will be overlooked and my privacy will be taken away from me.

Object

Representation ID: 250

Received: 18/12/2023

Respondent: Humayun Tariq

submitting my objection to the new housing development

Object

Representation ID: 259

Received: 11/12/2023

Respondent: Kay Kennedy

Potential housing development off Ruiton Street / Colwall Road (Site ref: 87) Objection on the basis of the following points: TRAFFIC and SAFETY ISSUES Holloway Road / Ruiton Street is already an extremely busy road with traffic running almost constantly (often at speed) throughout the day and adding any further development to the immediate area is unlikely to improve this situation. The junction between Holloway Road, Ruiton Street and Stickley Lane is already a bottleneck for traffic turning from AND into Stickley Lane - this causes traffic to back up often in all three directions, particularly when buses are attempting to turn at that junction. All three of the above roads are used by school children as a route to schools in the immediate area and any additional traffic (including potential site-traffic) will put those children at an even greater risk from the dangers of the already high levels of traffic on the roads around the junction. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES The area of land proposed for development is considered as a "green space" in an area where housing development is already high. Although much of the area is grassed, there are numerous bushes and a variety of wild flowers growing there which can be seen to attract many insects such as grasshoppers, butterflies and bumblebees along with birds that feed on the insects and the seeds that the plants provide. Urban foxes have been seen on the land too. Rather than destroying this green space just for the sake of it, this area would better serve the local area if it were protected. Additionally, planting trees on the land would do more to help reduce climate change than building more houses would. IS THERE A NEED? In the grand scheme of things, I do not believe that the building of potentially 19 properties on this green space would serve the local community well at all – especially given the increased traffic and the undoubted environmental issues the building of those properties will cause in both the short term and in the long term. All things considered, the Gornal area will be better served with the numerous new properties already being built in the area of Stallings Lane where vehicular access is much less of an issue and the land is brownfield rather than green space.