With reference to the Hatton Park development, these are some concerns I have;

1. I object to the proposals to allocate 90 additional houses on Hatton Park set out in the Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries Consultation of November 2013.

2. Hatton Park is not sustainable in terms of offering a good range of services/facilities or good accessibility to services/facilities - particularly by public transport and no evidence is provided in the Consultation document or preceding documents.

3. Hatton Park does not have good public transport connections. The 68 bus service that serves the estate is infrequent, unpunctual, unreliable and does not integrate with the rail service.

4. I have concerns over the safe access to the road network particularly given the proposed two new accesses including one directly onto the Birmingham Road (A4177) and the impact of the additional trips that would be generated by the proposed additional houses. Notably there are a number of existing accesses onto the Birmingham Road in close proximity to the proposed new access and specific visibility issues are identified in the Site Appraisal Matrix (Appendix 6 of the Consultation document).

5. Warwickshire is experiencing a significant growth in pupil numbers and demand for places is currently outweighing availability. Notably, in 2012, there was a consultation on proposals to increase the Published Admission Number (PAN) of The Ferncumbe CE Primary School from and to re-allocate the Hatton Park development across the priority areas for Budbrooke Primary School and The Ferncumbe CE primary School to help the Local Authority to meet its statutory duty to ensure a sufficiency of places.

6. I consider that the proposed 90 additional houses will place undue pressure on local infrastructure and services - particularly local schools and the road network in isolation and together with the options for two Gypsy and Traveller sites in the vicinity as set out in Warwick District Council's document Sites for Gypsies and Travellers (June 2013).

The A4177 is truly awful already ... the idea of adding another what 180 cars potentially onto that road at 8.30 in the morning seriously concerns me.

Yours Sincerely,

Neil Ford.