Object
Preferred Options Consultation - Land at Stratford Road, Warwick
Representation ID: 67333
Received: 12/12/2014
Respondent: Mr Simon Armer
The Council's Consultation Document completely fails to address the issue of access
Severn Trent Water are unwilling to provide access to the site across their land leaving the inadequate current narrow farm track leading to the site from Longbridge village unsuitable for emergency vehicles.
Turning off the A429 would appear to be extremely dangerous and next to a Grade 2 listed building (Longbridge Manor).
The Council's SA identified air, water and soil of concern with no plans for mitigation in place.
Environmentally unacceptable having a sewage works, river and a busy motorway a few hundred yards close by, all of which would make the site potentially very dangerous for children.
Unsuitable as it is on a designated flood plain within flood zones 2 and 3.
Little interest shown in the potential effect on the local Warwick economy.
Land earmarked for this development is not definitely available or viable and possibly not deliverable.
Unhappy with consultation process
see attached
The attached 15-page document details my specific reasons for objecting to the site based on the fact that it is unsuitable for its intended purpose when judged against the Council's own assessment criteria and Government guidelines for designing Gypsy and Traveller sites.
Please note - I was one of a number of concerned local residents who helped contribute to the formal objection submitted on behalf of the Chase Meadow Residents' Association, a document which I whole-heartedly endorse and support. However I also wish to submit my own personal objection as part of the consultation process. Any similarity of wording between the two documents is as a result of having helped, where I could, to provide some of background research for the CMRA submission.
Having had to put in many late nights and sacrifice time with my family at the weekends to put in the work necessary to help support the CMRA submission (within the short timescales the Council have allowed for this consultation) I want that work to have the greatest possible impact and it is my understanding that individual submissions carry more weight with the Council.