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Representation ID: 6796

Received: 09/11/2009

Respondent: Ray Steele

South Leamington is not the only option. North Leamington has plenty of space that would not ruin the lives of thousands, unlike the "Preferred Plan".
Since the plans were commenced, locally we have lost Fords, IBM, Wolseley and significantly Peugeot. Government is continually allowing core businesses to be sold off to the highest bidder. The inevitable result is employment disappears as the new owners take the manufacture out of the country. Add to this the loss of many other smaller employments and it adds up to a shrinking job market, and therefore a shrinking economy.
Yet we are still looking at 10,000 more homes. Employment Land Within the plans there is a bright spot in that some consideration has been given to including some employment land to allow all those new residents to have a job. It is a fact though that Gallagher was required to include land for employment for the Warwick Gates development. Now more than 10 years later it is still there - virtually empty, and that was before the recession. Why have WDC planners not taken account of this fact?
We Need Industry Producing Wealth As a Chartered Engineer I receive regular updates of the state of our manufacturing base. It is true to say it has never been in such a sorry state. There are a few brave developments taking place but nothing is planned of any significance in the Warwick District.
Why has this not been taken into account when planning to build 10,000 houses? The result of this - if ever it takes place- will be a disaster for the area.
environment, serious, as that would be.
No additional employment would mean mass commuting (assuming there would be work elsewhere). The M40 - already a dangerous motorway - would be terrifying at commute times with bottlenecks at exits causing tailbacks onto the motorway.