Object

Revised Development Strategy

Representation ID: 55245

Received: 22/07/2013

Respondent: Raza Shah

Representation Summary:

There has not been a proper and clear analysis with an independent risk assessment of the development plans with alternative options that account for existing housing stock, brown field sites, transport infrastructure, impact on health, stress and quality of life and a short, medium & long-term paralysis of road networks, gridlock and insufficient provision of services for those living in the area (e.g, health, hospitals, education).

Map should be prepared showing location of Councillors supporting and objecting to the RDS proposals to compare where they live in context of proposed expansion sites.

Full text:

I am writing to inform you of my worries and concerns about the development & expansion plans developed by WDC. I thinks that there has not been a proper and clear analysis wit an independent risk assessment of the development plans with alternative options that account for existing housing stock, brown field sites, transport infrastructure, impact on health, stress and quality of life and a short, medium & long-term paralysis of road networks, gridlock and insufficient provision of services for those living in the area (e.g, health, hospitals, education). I have also included an email (see below) sent to then Chief Medical Office John Linnane at WDC.

I am writing to you to express serious concerns and reservations about the impact on the health of adults and children of the Warwick District Council development plan. I am very concerned that there has not been any detailed independent planning with a proper consequence & risk analysis carried out during the proposals/decision-making process to properly and clearly set out, assess and disseminate the short, medium & long-term impact of an extensive expansion plan on the a health, stress and medical conditions of people in the Warwick area. Warwick District Council has an obligation to consider the drawbacks and detrimental impact of any proposed or actual expansion plan on human health as well as the medium to long term impact on the provision of health services and care of an increasing population and an increasingly ill/ageing population.

Please could you reply with a a detailed explanation of what assessments have been carried out & by whom and a list all persons involved in this assessment together with interested parties or conflicts of interest as well as WDC being in receipt of funding from individuals, organisations and lobbying groups in favour of expansion plans extensive or otherwise.