A six-point pledge drawn up by Solihull’s Conservative Council and one that I have backed hopes to address the ‘formidable challenge’ of defending more Green Belt sites while building the new homes needed in the borough.
Local Conservative MPs and I want the owners of derelict former industrial sites to help save Green Belt across the Black Country – by putting their land forward for redevelopment.
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street says a pioneering project to build 750 new homes on a derelict Wednesbury site proves that a ‘Brownfield First’ approach to development can protect the Black Country’s green belt land.
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has backed campaigners fighting to save Wolverhampton’s Seven Cornfields from the bulldozers – telling developers and councils to target ‘brownfield’ sites first.
Aldridge MP Wendy Morton and West Midlands Mayor Andy Street are asking local people to help them protect local green belt land by filling in a new survey on the area’s cherished open spaces.
