I want to register my objection to the development plan for housing in North Leamington and Blackdown and the plan to build roads through Old Milverton.

We have lived here for the last 17 years and moved here from Birmingham. One of the reasons for enjoying where we live in Leamington is the ease with which we can access green belt land from our doorstep without having to get in the car and add to congestion and polution. When friends visit us they often comment on how lucky we are to enjoy walking access to great shops in Leamington whilst also being able to walk and cycle from our doorstep into countyside.

Your proposal for North Leamington housing and road building will seriously interfere with my enjoyment of the amenity of my immediate environment. I will lose the ability to do my regular walks up towards Old Milverton, past the allotments on the right and then right across fields eventually coming out on Northumberland Road. I also walk down to the Saxon Mill and then come back up via the church at Old Milverton. Your road building will change this environment moving it from rural to urban, reduce my enjoyment of my area and build on green belt when you do have alternatives.

In addition to enjoying walking out from my home I also cycle to work on the Warwick University campus. I use the cycle plath past the Saxon Mill ( thank you for making this) and then up into Leek Wooton , Kenilworth and on to the Uni. If you travel this route you will see that I get access to a great deal of variety ; there are distinct diffferences between the Saxon Mil part of Warwick , Leek and Hill Wotton, Kenilworth - your plans will result in a coalesance of these urban areas. That is such a shame , it really is a prize worth holding onto to be able to live in a district that has such a variety of localities with their own personailitie . You run the risk of being the group of elected Members and Officers who destroyed the difference between these adjoining localities and created one large urban blob. Just what I left behind in Birmingham.

So , I would ask you to note my objection to the local plan to develop housing in North Leamington and Blackdown and road construction in Milverton on the grounds it will reduce my enjoyment of the local area for recreation and make it harder for me to access open green space for walking and cycling . I also object on the grounds of loss of enjoyment because it will result in coalescence of urban areas