Object

Representation ID: 59331

Received: 22/07/2013

Respondent: Royal Leamington Spa Town Council

Opportunities
* If the South of the District is to take the brunt of the development, then more effort could be made to create a new area, in which homes are not seen as isolated units of
investment, but as parts of a greater social whole. Alternative forms of housing could be explored, e.g. Community Land Trusts, co-housing etc.
*The idea of Garden Suburbs may now be a little out-dated, and present very low density development. Garden City/Town/Suburbs were reliant on car transport. We need higher density housing (as older parts of Leamington and Warwick), that would allow for a proper public transport system.
*Higher density layouts must be considered. Warwick, Leamington and Kenilworth have examples of good Victorian, Edwardian, and Georgian building at high density.
* Developers must be required to demonstrate affordability and diversity, in addition to sustainability.
* Warwick District Council must take the opportunity to create neighbourhoods that are distinctive, that have individual identities, and that contain all the elements needed for
family living, and that do not depend on the use of private transport.
* The increasing importance of Allotments to peoples' leisure and well-being must be recognised with the provision of appropriate sites in close proximity to new housing development.