Object
Publication Draft Local Plan: Focused Consultation
Representation ID: 67512
Received: 12/12/2014
Respondent: The Warwick Society
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The proposal to allocate greenfield land at Longbridge for employment use, and part of it as a Gypsy & Traveller site, is unsatisfactory. This land represents, on a very small scale, the informal 'green belt of the ancient hamlet of Longbridge. The harm done to the setting of the hamlet by the adjacent M40 and its junction makes it all the more important, not less, to protect the remaining green setting, and to maintain as far as possible the rural approach to the historic county town.
Considerable allocated employment land remains undeveloped on the other side of the Stratford Road,near to the proposed site. There is therefore no evidence of demand for further employment land in this area. The proposed Gypsy & Traveller site would not provide satisfactory amenity for its occupants.
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