Object

Alternative Sites Consultation

Representation ID: 44978

Received: 31/03/2010

Respondent: Nolan Robertson

Representation Summary:

The strategic plan to council's preferred sites have sufficient space to accommodate all future housing requirements to 2026.
Employment is in the South of Leamington and there are no sufficient river crossings to take 3000 extra vehicles to the growing employment centres.
Light pollution from extra houses will make it near impossible to stargaze.
Proposed access routes are insufficient for the projected volume of traffic.
Any new development will effectively be a 'dormer' estate with residents travelling to their place of work on already stretched road infrastructure.
Village life in Cubbington will be eroded.
Cubbington is a village and should be retained.

Full text:

The strategic plan to council's preferred sites have sufficient space to accommodate all future housing requirements to 2026.
Employment growth is in the South of Leamington and there are no sufficient river crossings to take 3000 extra households worth of vehicles across the town to the growing employment centres.
Light pollution from extra houses will make it near impossible to stargaze within the village.
Proposed access routes are insufficient for the projected volume of traffic. Alternatives will have to be found (Rugby Road shops or Offchurch Lane) causing further disruption over and above that marked on the plan.
Neither Cubbington nor Lillington have sufficient employment opportunities to accommodate 2000 more households. Therefore any new development will effectively be a 'dormer' estate with residents travelling to their place of work on already stretched road infrastructure.
Village life in Cubbington will be eroded, as will the community spirit, as the extra 2000+ households will 'anonymise' the community.
Cubbington Parish Council tax attracts a premium as a village, and Cubbington should be retained as such.
Sufficient brownfield sites exist to provide the 10800 houses required, without encroaching on the greenbelt.