With regard to the planning permission for Site 4/BL1.


I would formally like to make an objection to this being passed. I have lived in Dickens Heath since 1997 and am appalled that it is proposed for more housing to be built around here. Initially the plans were for 850 houses!! The character of our village has already changed from a rural idyll to just another suburb.


1. How will the existing village deal with the amount of traffic being forced through? Tythe Barn Lane is already jammed with traffic from people leaving the village towards Dickens Heath road and Miller and Carter. I have witnessed traffic at a standstill for 20 minutes or more. Tythe Barn Lane is not suitable for the increase in traffic. The road is too narrow for more traffic. Irritated drivers already sit outside my house sounding their horns because their passage is impeded. This is not an "A" road it's a road that was built to discourage traffic and traffic calming measures are in place - the main one being the width.


2. The traffic at school times is already dangerous. I have witnessed bad parking and worse still bad driving when drivers mount the pavement during peak times. This will only get worse if there are more houses built. More houses = more cars = more children = accidents.


3. The rural roads in this area cannot take increased traffic. The roads are too narrow.



4. I thought the proposed area was greenbelt. At a time when everyone is looking to be eco and environmentally friendly this can only be detrimental to our wildlife and the wellbeing of people who use this area.


5. Surely there are brownfield sites, especially in this changing environment where businesses are vacating because of the economy which can have a change of use to housing. Commercial sites could be converted.


6. There are a number of sports fields that are going to be lost and they form an integral part of our village for children and adults alike. Exercise is so important and even more so in the present climate. We should not be losing the facilities we have.


I sincerely hope that more consideration is going to be given to this application. The people who live in Dickens Heath and surrounding areas are going to be adversely affected by this development.