Object

Representation ID: 4608

Received: 18/09/2009

Respondent: Mrs Sheila Verrier

Object to sites at:
Europa Way 10,800 new homes seems to be a govt. figure plucked out of thin air with no thought for where and without the necessary economic support with local industry and for infrastructure.
New development would be three times bigger than Warwick Gates development.
Further land and outlay needed for schools, sprots fields and other leisure facilities, shops, churches, car parking including park and ride, and utilities such as sewerage and flood prevention.
How much consultation taken place with Severn Trent for eg. Flooding problems twice in 12 years when expected once in a lifetime.
Travel implications with additional 8,000 more vehicles and detrimental to air quality in towns. No travel impact survey done. Serious effect on M40 junctions and town centres of Warwick and Leamington in both directions. Bridges over and under rivers and canals and railway lines will inevitably be worse. Impact on public transport services as well as emergency vehicles. Those living in towns will be trapped by increased gridlock and historic buildings will be suject to greater traffic damage and air pollution.
Extensive devt. along Harbury Lane will spoil ridge line and countryside - visibly impinge on Bishops Tachbrook. Whitnash and Bishops Tachbrook already have Warwick Gates, further devt. will mean they lose individual identity.
Development should not be concentrated in area with so much new development.
New houses should be at Finham which would benefit students and free up significant number of houses in Leamington. Should not be releasing land to Coventry but develop for Warwick. Coventry would still have economic benefits of having district residents using their facilities.
Consider developing small housing devt. at Hatton Park and put other housing around small pockets of land to spread impact.
New home building should be on brownfield sites as a priority.