Adverse impacts on air quality and health have not been satisfactorily assessed or tackled. Background evidence to the plan gloss over the importance of the Air Quality Monitoring Areas of Warwick, Leamington and Kenilworth where levels of NOx generated from traffic are at illegal levels with the claim that the problem will be overcome in the future by cleaner motor vehicles. This is disputed by a number of scientists and commentators and would be a risky course of action.There have been serious shortcomings in the processes the council has used in the development of the plan.
In the case of the neglect and destruction of crucial parts of the WDC asset 'Emscote Gardens Flood Defence' (CV344QB) through inappropriate housing expansion and over development, against expert recommendation and local opinion, it is clear that there is a strong possibility that where this incident occurred only in the very recent past, repeats can easily occur again.