My property backs on to existing fields (Pinfold Road). The fields are Green Belt and I find the term 'lower performing' shocking. I'm a nature lover, in the last few months I have personally seen in the fields, the coppice between the fields and my garden the following,

1) Deer both Muntjac & Roe
2) Badger
3) Foxes
4) Cattle
5) Squirrels
6) Mole hills
7) Barn Owl on lovely evening
8) Heard a Tawny Owl
9) Sparrow Hawk often visiting looking for small birds as prey
10) Jays
11) Kestrel
12) Woodpeckers both Green and Greater Spotted
13) Song Thrush
14) Fieldfare
15 Gold Finches, Blue Tits, Great Tit, Robbins ....

The people claiming it is lower performing, what did they see, what were they actually looking at. Will all of these animals and many more still be in the area when the fields are gone and a myriad of properties appear.

I notice from the initial plan that the green space area is in a position that is surrounded only by new property. I would have thought it was incumbent on any planner to at least try and lower the effect on existing properties so putting the green space at the rear of the Pinfold Rd properties would have the least impact on existing land owners. I'm concerned that this doesn't appear to have been considered.

The properties in Pinfold Road that back on to the fields have a small coppice between the rear gardens and the fields. However this coppice is very narrow and the will only partially block the view to any new development in summer and the start of autumn. All other times there is clear line of sight through to the field, especially from rear 1st floor windows. Also the initial plan shows a road heading south from Parkway up to near coppice, this would result in annoying car light pollution on the rear of some of the properties. I already suffer from the powerful lights (recently installed) on the front of the hospital pointing in the direction of my property. This would need to be considered

The road network around Damson Parkway, especially near the traffic lights and down to Parkway Hospital is already badly congested and frankly dangerous at peak times. Several owners of properties on Pinfold Road have complained about the junction in and out of the road, often complaining about the dangerous behaviour of drivers. Our response to complaints is usually along the line 'it's not been busy when we were there' !!!! Nobody has ever seen anybody checking at peak times. If 600 properties are build that would be around another 1200 vehicles, how does the road network cope. Parkway is already too busy, Lugtroute lane was never designed for much traffic.

The plan diagram shows that the Orchard might be incorporated in to the plan, this is shocking news for the owners of Pinfold Rd (actually a close), especially as some were not even aware of this because the council didn't see fit to let all owners know about the plan, there are only 18 houses how hard could it have been to let everyone know! We are concerned that using the orcahrd may result in 1) the close (road) being extended in to a new development in the Orchard 2) A new path/cycle route may use the close. Everyone bought property in the close because it is a nice quiet spot in an already chaotic area. We don't want to become a thoroughfare for a new estate and all the problems such a noise, disturbance, rubbish ..... that would bring with it.

Finally how will surrounding facilities such as doctors cope. I contacted my doctors and they weren't even aware of any plan to build 600 homes close ! Who is managing this plan, surely they should have chatted with medical centres to ascertain the impact on them. As it happened my medical centre said they wouldn't be able to cope.