My family live in Langcomb Road and I am very upset at the possible loss of 'countryside/greenbelt' between the rear of Langcomb Road and Dickens Heath.

When Dickens Heath was at the planning stage we were told that the two or three fields between the existing Shirley development and the new development was safe from future development and was seen as the minimum buffer zone required to maintain 'Dickens Heath' as a separate village.

The Draft development shows a tiny gap between the existing Langcomb Road housing and the proposed development which is impossible to call 'greenbelt' or buffer zone, at the present time there is a small aircraft runway on this area, so hardly an area that can be used for walking or recreation.

Also the land in question is currently used to grow Christmas trees, these absorb CO2 and give off oxygen, If all this land is used for housing the opposite will occur.