More than 4,00 people have signed a petition calling for a Western relief road in Bromsgrove after Bromsgrove District council granted outline permission for a housing development on Perryfields road. 

The proposed development includes 1,300-properties, 200 bed extra care facility, a first school, a sports pavilion and football playing pitches.

The decision caused concerns from councillors and residents due to the size of the development and the lack of road infrastructure the developers, Taylor Wimpey, proposed to support the plans.

Councillor Luke Mallet of Bromsgrove West said: “It was apparent that the developers had no idea about the layout of our town suggesting that traffic would avoid the town centre due to the A38 - not realising that the only route to the A38 was through the town centre.

"What Bromsgrove needed was a relief road and without it this development will create gridlock. It makes no sense to build out the town to the motorway on the West, whilst the road improvements and new station are on the opposite side of town. It just makes no sense. "

Councillor Peter McDonald of Rubery North who voted against the proposed plans, said: “The council and members of the council have been aware for a number of years that a property development in this area would have to be built with good road infrastructure. 

“They have given the okay to the housing development but have not got a good road infrastructure to support it. Due to this, roads will become rat runs, which will cause a great deal of misery to people. The whole town centre will be clogged up. They have made a no common sense approach to this and made decisions knowing there are going to be major problems in the future.”

A group has been set up on Facebook to keep residents updated with the planning process of the Perryfields housing development. 

Sue Harris, admin of the Facebook group claims Bromsgrove District council have ignore the views of local residents. 

She said: “They have dismissed everything the locals have put forward, including everything about the infrastructure. None of us are against building new homes, it is the size of the development that is the issue. 

“I brought my house because it backs on to farmland, but this will go when they start building. We are going to lose the greenery, gain massive jams and pollution will be increased.”

The petition will be presented to the council on April 21.