Object

Representation ID: 60182

Received: 29/07/2013

Respondent: Councillor Philip Morris

The plan is currently very ill thought out and not capable of standing up to scrutiny.

The fundamental aim of Green Belt policy (NPPF) is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open; the essential characteristics of Green Belts are their openness and their permanence.

The proposals in the draft new local plan would be contrary to 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the NPPF GB purposes.
Too much priority has been on providing new homes on greenfield sites, simply because they are preferred "easy to build" options by the major house builders.


Urban Design:
There is too much building outwards proposed and insufficient building upwards, not making use of potential mixed use urban design schemes which would generate sustainable economic growth to the urban centres of Warwick and Leamington.

Alternatives:
* The new local plan should be heavily revised to reflect more conservative development proposals which can be sustainably met. Otherwise will risk the plan being challenged at a number of levels.
* It should also balance national needs for development and economic growth with reflect local need and desire to embrace that.
* What is currently proposed is simply being thrust on the district at the whim of the Council's executive committee.
* It is doomed to fail without improved levels of involvement of the local community and reductions in and changes to the levels, types and locations of proposed developments.