1. You state that your aim is to, "distribute growth across the District". You then propose that nearly 70% goes in the south of the town. The statements do not match
2. You also state that you wish to, "avoid development in locations which could potentially lead to the coalescence of settlements". You then proceed to do exactly that by proposing large numbers of houses between Warwick Gates and Bishops Tachbrook. The fig leaf of a country park boundary is a joke!
3. You state your desire to use Brownfield sites but then propose only 5.7% of the new houses will be on brownfield.
4. Currently Bishops Tachbrook and the south of Leamington are just visible to one another. The visual impact of the housing built south of Harbury Lane and extending down the side of the Tachbrook valley will be severe.
5. Large areas of the landscape south of Leamington and Warwick are concidered to be uniquely beautiful. A rolling landscape with far reaching views. Given the overiding concerns about the excessive numbers of new houses proposed it is not right that this landscape should be lost.
The Planning Inspector who reviewed the current local plan in 2006 stated that Woodside Farm should not be built on now or in the future.
6. WDC's landscape consultant Richard Morrish in the Landscape Area Statement in 2009 referred to the land south of Gallows Hill and concluded "this study area should not be considered for urban extension and that the rural character should be safeguarded from development". So why has the district gone against that recommendation?
7. Infrastructure and transport issues are ill thought through:
* The Local Plan RDS does not contain any evidance to show that the proposed infrastructure improvements can be delivered from the Developer contributions through Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy.
* With some much unnecessary housing concentrated to the south of the town centres and surrounding roads will end up severly congested.
This will be even more severe at pinch points, crossings of canal river and railways where there is no realistically deliverable solution to the problem.
* Appendix E of the Warwick Strategic Transport Phase 3 Assessment show traffic speeds of only 0 to 10 miles per hour in large parts of Warwick
* Oakley Wood Road through Bishops Tachbrook village is already used by many as a route to the M40 south and Gaydon. The speeds many drive are unsafe - the net impact on safety in the village is likely to be detrimental