I AM writing regarding my utter disgust and shock that planning permission has quite clearly been approved for the complete destruction of the little bit of green land we have left in our area.

I decided to walk my daughter along the new busway and was astounded when I got to the top of Mosley Common and saw a huge billboard advertising Redrow Homes’ plan.

I have always been so proud of our area. In comparison to other local areas we have space and natural local beauty.

I recently drove through Walkden (where I grew up) and couldn’t wait to get out of it – houses everywhere, traffic, dirt and it felt claustrophobic.

This is where Mosley Common is now heading. Sadly we will now lose our charm and become another concrete jungle.

I live on Mosley Common Road near St John’s Mosley Common CE Primary School and during peak times I can be trying to exit my drive or get to the end of the road for 15 minutes.

Please explain to me how building 244 new homes is going to help this.

Let’s do the maths – a family of two adults will most likely have two cars, therefore it is probable that 488 new commuters will be trying to negotiate local roads during rush hour. Then add to the mix families with older children, so three cars per household.

How long will we be sat on Mosley Common?

Let’s look at getting an appointment to see a doctor at the moment – my daughter was recently ill, and it took me three days to get an appointment at the local surgery. By 10am every day appointments have been taken and that is as the population of Mosley Common currently stands.

Now let’s stick 244 extra households into the mix and do the maths again!

Dentist – again the same. Trying to get an emergency appointment locally can be almost impossible.

Where are these children going to go to school, clubs, libraries etc? Houses are being thrown up but no facilities for these families.

Using the affordable homes excuse is just shameful.

If these new houses are easy for first-time buyers to purchase – as in realistic prices, not fancy part-buy schemes – then I will eat my hat.

In conclusion our area is being saturated and the whole infrastructure is balancing precariously on the greed of planning committees and councillors. I invite those who made the decision to destroy the local landscape to stand at the top of Mosley Common Road and look out into those beautiful fields and picture in a few years’ time what Mosley Common will have tragically become – yet another concrete jungle full of traffic, houses and pollution.

I also invite those responsible to negotiate the local road network during the rush hour and try to get to work on time as it is currently without these new houses.

We don’t need any more houses.

I would be interested to hear what others think about the situation.

Claire Doyle

Mosley Common