The Black Country Plan will build over 5000 homes on Walsall Green Belt. 592 of these homes will be alongside the Walsall Arboretum, the only area of the park with open field and animal grazing views.  The development will destroy greenbelt, wildlife corridors and increase flooding. Protected species of Badgers and Bats' habitats will be destroyed. The Red Deer, Barn and Tawny Owls, Buzzards and Parakeets will be lost to the area as they try to navigate around the noise and light pollution.

We call on the planners to be creative and bold, to do the difficult and challenging and to build on brownfield sites. We know this is hard and expensive but please do not take the easy option and deprive Walsall residents of the Green Belt. If this isn't stopped we will look back in 10 years and the Green Belt will be gone, whilst the brownfield 'difficult' sites will still be on a register with the council.

For the physical and mental health of Walsall residents and for the wildlife  STOP building on our Green Belt.