I wish to object to the proposed building of 12300 homes in the Warwickshire area as I feel that the intended development particularly to the south of the town will permanently destroy prime agricultural land, blight a beautiful area of the County and increase road congestion and pollution in the area.
I have lived in the area all my life and feel strongly that whilst some new houses are required the figure of 12300 is far too many.
In the past 20 years to 2011 the population growth was 18% now the council are proposing a further 20% increase within the next 15 years. Why is this - as using projections based only on natural growth of the population and an allowance for migration only 5400 homes are required. This figure is from the Ray Bullen paper JUly 2012 updated using 2011 census data in 2013. The Council's own consultants Gl Hearn in their Economic and Demographic study in December 2012 gave in their option PROJECT 5 arrived at only 4405 new homes.
If growing for new jobs is the reason this is also not required as Warwick District has low unemployment at only 1.7%. and that the 2012 Strategic HOusing MArket Assesment said that overall ' Warwick DIstrict had a very good job-homes balance.'