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An outline application has been submitted for hundreds of homes on green belt land near Swindon Road. Campaigners and the local MP have raised concerns, while the applicant says the scheme would bring homes, open space and local facilities.
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00:00Campaigners in Kings Winford say their fears have been realised after an outline planning
00:05application was submitted for 557 homes on Greenbelt land known as the Triangle. Dudley
00:13Council has received the proposal from Barbary Somerville for land next to Swindon Road. Kings
00:19Winford MP Mike Wood says the plan is very disappointing and strongly opposed locally.
00:24The applicant says the site is bordered by built-up areas and roads and could provide
00:29open space, allotments, cycle links, a shop and landscaping. Objections on the council
00:35portal point to pressure on existing infrastructure. The application will now be considered through the planning process.
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