Object

Representation ID: 65861

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council Physical Assets Business Unit

Agent: Savills

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Considers the principle of locating the medical centre on WDC land as appropriate and justified and has included this in the recently submitted planning application in response to pre application discussions with NHS property services. It also considers that the County land may be appropriate for local retail facilities subject to evidence of need, market interest and viability. However WCC considers that the proposal set out in Local Plan Publication Draft policy DS14 for the allocation of land in the location shown on the Policies Map, and explained in the supporting text at paragraphs 2.59-2.64, for four specific community uses as a 'Community Hub' is not positively-prepared, justified, effective or consistent with National Policy. The proposals map does not clearly indicate the proposed area. the publicly-available evidence
base documents do not set out a rationale for why all the proposed community uses included in the policy are: a) necessary; b) required to be located to the west of Europa Way; and c) best located within the area marked with a dotted black line on the Policies Map. No justification for floorspace threshold or location of proposed convenience store.
No justification for the need for, size for and specific location of the separate community meeting place and community sports complex and complementary uses.
WCC is not a willing landowner in relation to suggestions that County land could be used to relocate Leamington Football Club. There is no evidence that consideration has been given to the cost and viability of such a scheme, the IDP does not include costings for a small stadium. The Transport assessment does not consider the impacts of a small stadium.