Object

Representation ID: 4669

Received: 01/10/2009

Respondent: Mrs C Gribbon

Object to housing figure and the development of land south of Warwick, concentrating most of the development into small area.
Acknowledge and support need for affordable housing.
Fail to see how preferred option complies with 'Strategic Objectives'. How has this preferred option been chosen above those preferred by majority of local people.
Strategic Objective to help disadvantaged areas through supporting regeneration - none will be supported through regeneration from developments south of Warwick. Deprived areas of Brunswick St and Kingsway will be disadvantaged further with additional traffic moving into the town centre and railway.
Road,rail links - sites cannot be considered viable without new rail link from Kenilworth for north Leamington/Kenilworth area, alleviating traffic through Warwick and Leamington town centres. Preferred option would increase traffic along Tachbrook Road to Leamington station which does not have parking capacity.
All major routes from Bishops Tachbrook/Whitnash/Warwick Gates to Leamington and Warwick and motorway are heavily congested in south of town - will impact on local residents and tourism, contravening the strategic objective.
Schools already oversubscribed and Warwick hospital needs to expand. Developments on north of the town would have access to expanded, improved services at teaching hospitals in Coventry.
If 90% of district outside urban area, proposals to develop land in Bishops Tachbrook increases the urbanisationof Warwick, Whitnash and Leamington.
Living on large estate cannot be considered to improve community. Lack of community based projects resulting in non-contributing estate
type behaviour.
Will result in lack of open spaces and real community value to south of Warwick.
Lack of commitment by developers to provide community facilities.
Core strategy hgihlights need to protect environment yet proposed area of restraint will not protect environment or community of Bishops Tachbrook.
Survey of infrastructure yet to be carried out. Potential increase of 8000 cars in area with severe effects on carbon emissions.
Planning to build on know flood plain seems ludicrous.
Need for transparency. Wish to see plan withdrawn and alternative presented better refecting opinion of public.