Object

Revised Development Strategy

Representation ID: 54522

Received: 29/07/2013

Respondent: Mr Clive Robey

Representation Summary:

Objection based on: erosion of Green Belt will tend to join Hampton Magna to Warwick; unjustifiable modification of historically established settlement envelope; area is already over developed by Parkway Station and inadequate existing infrastructure.

Full text:

I totally object to the expansion of Hampton Magna as outlined.
There is no justification for building on the Green Belt.
The Green belt is particularly important to the character of Hampton Magna as it is so close to Warwick that building on the Green Belt will result in an ugly suburban sprawl.
The basic envelope for the settlement was established by the Army in 1877 with the creation of the barracks and care has been taken since then not to jeopardise it. We must maintain this by not allowing any reckless expansion.
The environment of the village has already suffered serious degradation from the imposition of the Parkway train station and its incongruous multi storey parking that was built on the Green Belt. This should surely exempt the area from any more acts of "Planning Vandalism".
The current infrastructure is already over stretched - the school is over subscribed and non of the access routes can support continuous two way traffic along their whole length.