Object
Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries
Representation ID: 61423
Received: 20/01/2014
Respondent: Mrs & Mrs Swindells and Star Pubs & Bar Ltd
Agent: Barton Willmore
The 'preferred' sites identified in the VHOSB document would allocate land for 847 dwellings, short of the number of dwellings required to be delivered in the District's villages (i.e. circa 1,000 dwellings), as outlined in Table 2 of chapter 2. No allowance is made for this shortfall and as such it is considered that the Council should allocate further sites to address the need. Furthermore, the construction of HS2 will require the demolition of and will blight a large number of dwellings across Warwick District, including within Burton Green to accommodate the tunnel which will be located under the settlement. Neither the 'Preferred Options' or 'Revised Development Strategy' documents make reference to addressing the net loss of dwellings resulting from HS2, including dwellings in Burton Green. As such, the number of dwellings in the emerging Local Plan is not considered to be sufficient to meet the District's needs.
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