As a resident of Warwick I wish to raise a number of objections to CT7 in the Local Plan.

I believe it is a mistake to link Warwick Castle and Warwick Racecourse
into one clause. I believe it also a method of overriding the opinions of Warwick residents, who for years have objected to the development of either.

Warwick Castle as we know is a privately owned company and has over 800000 visitors and it employs more than 250 FT staff, opening daily. The Racecourse has a short lease on part of a public asset,which will in 2014 only have 16 days of racing, it has a approximately 30000 visitors and employs about 9 FT staff.

There are far more important visitor attractions in Warwick District, so I have to questionas to why Warwick Castle and Warwick racecourse warrant a separate clause in the Local Plan?

I would suggest that it would be better to have a general clause dealing with publicly
owned parks in Warwick?
The general public has already been asked, if Warwick Racecourse should be treated as a special planning case (as part of The Town centre Plan). This was rejected overwhelming, so WHY has reappeared at a late stage into the local plan?

Although I am writing this as a member of the public, As Town Councillor for Warwick (west) I do not remember discussing this clause at Town Council .

St Mary Lands already has a management plan that was implemented from 2005, I see no reason or explanation why a new " plan" is required, or as to why it should
be part of the Local Plan.

I am also concerned about the comment "visitor accommodation" that is mentioned, at present there is none.St Mary Lands and a proposed hotel had previously been rejected by the planning committee as the site was unsuitable. This seems to undermine the Council's own planning committee decision from 2012, without out any justification?
I hope my objections are given serious consideration.

Regards
John Paul Sullivan