Object

Representation ID: 64504

Received: 29/04/2014

Respondent: Mr Neil Brown

Disagree entirely with its 'Green' rating and it should not be included within the alternative sites list for the following reasons.

It will adversely affect the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, whose closure would impact the local economy and result in job losses in associated businesses. The negative impact would be contrary to the Local Plan policies of promoting local growth and economy.

Using CPO powers to forcibly take the site sounds illegal and certainly contrary to tax payers' interests. The time it would take potentially means the site is unavailable.

Fosse Way is a high-risk crash route, with regular serious accidents occurring in the vicinity. Large, slow moving vehicles turning across the road would not be a welcome or safe addition to the area. There is no pedestrian access to bus stops on the A425 and the bus stops themselves are just grass verges at the side of the road. There are no pedestrian routes to local facilities either.

Any development on the site would be highly visible from Radford Semele, Ufton and the Fosse Way. The council's Landscape Sensitivity and Ecological & Geological Study notes the site has a high-medium sensitivity to residential development and a high sensitivity to commercial development, making a travellers site totally unsuitable. In addition, it would urbanise the area and overwhelm the existing community/properties, which in turn would make community integration difficult to achieve.

The adjacent woodland supports a range of protected species and wildlife, according to the 2013 Forestry Commission report.

The Council should not discount the previous 700 objections to this site purely because they followed the same format. They were part of a local campaign which helped raise awareness of the allocation.