Madam,
Much has been written over recent years about people’s mental health. 

I happen to believe the government, national and local, have a duty of care in this respect to the electorate. 

This appears to be unimportant, as far as many of the residents to the east of Offmore Farm are concerned. 

They currently enjoy uninterrupted views of farmland from their houses, which will be replaced over the coming years by a concrete jungle of urban sprawl. 

Just what the Green Belt intended to protect against.

The sad part of this process was the vote on 26th April last year, whereby it would appear that councillors from unaffected areas said thank you out of self-interest, it means my constituents won’t be on my back!

Not only will the mental health be affected, but the possibility of real physical health issues may come into play and this will possibly affect everyone. 
With beryllium found in 400/500 bore holes I feel that this could present an unacceptable risk to the population. 

If the application is approved the presence of this carcinogenic substance will arrive through airborne particles once the ground is started to be excavated. 

For the doubters, just think of how Sahara sand covers their cars on occasion. 
The developers will take their money and having ridden off into the sunset, in 10/20 years time will be nowhere to be seen, come any increase in major organ cancers. 

As I am no scientist, I am reliant on the honesty of the developers, along with the rigorous approach of the Council, to carry out a thorough and binding risk assessment. 
Are the Council allowed to charge the developers a contingency fund in case of such a situation arising?

Along with these two aspects, we are also faced with the prospect of accidents or delays to traffic on Husum Way, as this will be the main route from Offmore Farm to both Wolverhampton and Birmingham. 

At this point, we also have the involvement of Network Rail, should traffic volumes cause damage to the bridge. Once again, the developers would escape any charges.
Regarding the infrastructure around Kidderminster, I was delighted (just being cynical) to see that our MP was happy to hear of the developers paying £1million to the NHS. 

I was surprised by his lack of awareness that the sum would only cover the cost of providing one doctor and five nurses at four surgeries for one year only, or for 10 doctors at Worcester Royal for one year. 

When we add the Lea Castle development to Woven Oaks, we are talking of a potential 3000 new homes. Adding to odd 50’s in other parts of the town, there could be a requirement for medical provision for over 10,000 new patents, a minimum of 8 doctors at a time when we can’t get enough trained staff, or in many cases patients get appointments when required.

As a start point I would ask that the hybrid application be refused. Rigorous conditions should be applied to individual additional applications, which need to be verified by external sources. 

From what has been produced to date, along with the changes that the developers are making, I cannot trust them to act in the interests of everyone concerned, especially the residents, or as you call them the electorate! 

I am still unable to understand why the developers are allowed to make changes to their proposals, but we the public have no redress as the 26th April vote was binding.
John Maddox
Offmore Farm