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Representation ID: 63403

Received: 29/07/2013

Respondent: Mrs Susan Munday

Oppose development at Thickthorn as:
-700 of 12,300 homes are proposed on Green Belt land at Thickthorn.
-Severe pressure will be placed on the road network, which even now can barely cope at Leamington Road, Birches Lane and Warwick Road, which will also result in an even greater level of pollution.
-It is adjacent to a motrway with continouos noise and pollution day and night.
-It is in the flight path of Coventry airport which has no night flight restrictions.
-Development would be blighted by the sound of HS2 trains passing. These issues will cause all sorts of health problems, both physical and mental and stretch health facilities even more.
-The plan is to widen the road to Leamington and into Kenilworth. This will result in a funnel effect as the roads at the towns at either end will be unable to cope with the extra lanes of traffic and will not speed journey times up.
-If the extra people at Thickthorn will generate the need for a dual carriageway to Leamington then houses should be built in Leamington and the designated areas of South Leamington which already has infrastructure ready to cope with it.
-There is more suitable land available and the Green Belt should not be lost at Thickthorn.