Object

Alternative Sites Consultation

Representation ID: 43916

Received: 26/02/2010

Respondent: David Brownbill

Representation Summary:

(i)The local road infrastructure will not support a development of this size
(ii)The 'Greenbelt Gap' between Kenilworth and Coventry will be heavily and wrongly eroded.
(iii)The construction could severely affecting the quality of life for local residents within Westwood Heath.
(iv)WDC would be guilty of pushing their new housing builds to the extremities of the county and would be accused of protecting the towns within the county from add on development and forcing the growth in available housing onto the Coventry boundary line.
(v)Along with the expansion by Warwick University - there exists a potential disaster for the area and loss of greenbelt.

Full text:

Of the 6 sites WDC have offered to Public Consultation this is the most unfeasible Development because of many reasons including the following;
(i)The local road infrastructure will not support a development of this size - you will create utter mayhem and complete congestion at peak times within the Westwood Heath area, which is already under strain from traffic volumes at peak periods.
(ii)The 'Greenbelt Gap' between Kenilworth and Coventry will be heavily and wrongly eroded to a level which neither conurbation would want to witness and have to live with.
(iii)The construction alone could take a decade from start to finish, severely affecting the quality of life for local residents within Westwood Heath - a prime executive housing area within Coventry.
(iv)WDC would be guilty of pushing their new housing builds to the extremities of the county and would (rightly) be accused of protecting the towns within the county from add on development and forcing the growth in available housing onto the Coventry boundary line.
(v)Combine this plan with the already sanctioned plans for expansion by Warwick University and there exists a potential disaster for the area in general and huge loss of greenbelt land.