If Extra Care Housing/Supported Living is included in the housing numbers, then low levels of growth may prevent WCC from delivering the required numbers of ECH/SL which in turn would negatively impact on some of the most venerable people in society.

As the consultation paper and Sustainability Appraisal point out, the low growth scenario would keep impacts on green field sites to a minimum; on the other hand there it would provide fewer opportunities to bring in resources for enhancement or maintenance of the Historic Environment. The degree of impact, adverse or otherwise, will depend less on the extent of new development so much as upon where it is situated, although achievement of growth which has minimal unacceptable impact is likely to be more difficult with a high growth scenario.

An increase in the birth-rate, along with the impact of current housing developments, are already putting the supply of school places under considerable pressure across most areas of Warwick District. A limited programme of expansion is currently underway to cope with forecast pupil numbers based on up to date births data from Health. There are therefore very few parts of the district where additional new housing build would not result in the requirement for additional school capacity to be built also.

Biodiversity and geodiversity is not commented on within the suggest growth options. It is likely that the greater the growth option the greater the potential for impacting on WDC's natural resources. However, this not necessarily the case. It is the placement and layout of the development that matters. It is strongly recommend that once the volume and location of the development is known that up-to-date data on these and other proposed sites is gained to ensure that biodiversity and geodiversity can be uniformly assessed to support the location of any favoured areas. The level of growth will also be important in calculating the Green Infrastructure Delivery Plans and Community Infrastructure Levy.