I am dismayed by your plan for wholesale development on greenfield sites. I note the areas of brownfield development which are planned but because the total is so large and the Green Belt land to the north is apparently sacosanct in law, your plans will swallow up acres of farm land. Develpoment in that area will also destroy the setting of Warwick Castle and the views over the countryside which are currently obtained from its towers. I am sure tourism is in theory high on your agenda but such development will detract from the tourist experience.
I have already written to Dr.Linnane to express my disquiet over the illegal levels of pollution which we currently endure in the town centre. Your development plans will exacerbate the problem. The assurance that junctions will be modified to increase the flow of traffic is as much a threat as a promise. The widening of junctions, the greater use of traffic lights, the addition of wider lanes can only make the historic centre of Warwick appear to be just a few buildings in the middle of a traffic-centred sprawl.
Will you dare to tell tourists and local shoppers just how dangerous the conditions are if they walk down Jury Street and Smith Street?
I understand that the promised green spaces in the Warwick Gates area did not materialise, what guarantees are there that green space in the new plans will actually come into being?
Modern development ought to have green transport solutions built into it from the start but the plans for new houses as they appear to be set out at the moment seem to asume high car usage.
I understand that it is difficult to expand as you are required to do by the government but I do not understand why you appear to be planning for a higher number of houses than required by central government on the specualtive grounds that it will bring new jobs to the area. There is also the pressure on local infrastructure to be considered which will be genreated by the Stratford District Council's plan to build 1500 new houses in the Gaydon/Lighthorne Heath area.
I very much hope that the plan will be modified in response to submissions such as mine.