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HEATH : FOUR ASHES
: GAILEY :
BREWOOD : CANNOCK CHASE
: COVEN :
HATHERTON : PENKRIDGE
: STANDEFORD
Who we are:
We are a group formed to oppose the so called West Midland
Interchange (WMI) proposal.
This is actually situated in South Staffordshire, not the West
Midlands, and radiates from Gailey island at the A5 / A449
intersection up to the M6 at junction 12 and across to the
other side of Vicarage Road. (see The Proposal page)
The huge area affected includes Gailey, Four Ashes, Calf
Heath and will have catastrophic effects on house
prices, traffic and the environment in Standeford, Coven,
Brewood, Hatherton, Penkridge and Cannock Chase.
This massive proposal would be sited on agricultural Greenbelt
land, that would devastate part of South Staffordshire - built
on the promises of false jobs, green credentials …. and
financial gain.
Its giant warehouses and thousands of HGVs would decimate the
environment and gridlock the road network.
The scheme by virtue of its size and a quirk of legislation,
can bypass the Local Authority Planning procedures and be
submitted directly to central government - as a Strategic
proposal.
Our group is comprised of local residents, businesses and
environmental and special interest organisations. We are in
contact with other similar groups. Our aim is to demonstrate that the scheme is completely inappropriate
for the proposed rural location and an attack on the
Greenbelt. As a group of small communities, we already have
enough negative infrastructure to dismiss any nimby
accusations.
Our main goals are:
to promote awareness of the scheme within the local community;
to gather sufficient evidence to mount a defence;
to campaign against the proposed loss of greenbelt and damage
to ecology, health and the environment.
to gain support from or apply pressure to, those in a position
to influence the planning decision;
How:
by public relations: word and web;
by scrutiny and investigation of the proposals and their
background;
by consulting with experts and interests in planning, law,
transportation, environment and ecology;
by challenging through the planning system and political
pressure.
by learning from those that have already trodden the same
path.