Object

Representation ID: 6797

Received: 09/11/2009

Respondent: Ray Steele

Objection to the Siting of the Plan
Gary Stephens went to great length to explain they had looked at possible sites North of Leamington, and they had essentially dismissed them on the grounds that commuters would have to cross Leamington to get to the employment land that is largely in the South of Leamington.
That is not a good enough reason. A Leamington by-pass would alleviate the problem and leave Whitnash and Tachbrook intact. So there has to be another hidden reason. Whitnash has already suffered the onslaught of so called 'Warwick Gates', so as an area it has suffered enough. I believe the hidden reason for its acceptance was on the grounds that it was actually in Warwick. It may be in the pencil line boundary of Warwick, but Whitnash residents now suffer the ill effects of the development.
Ask the average employed person who has to suffer the rat-run round Leamington and Warwick and they would applaud the idea of a by-pass - except that we need it now.
It is suspected that South Leamington is selected so as not to 'spoil' North Leamington. Sorry but we do not accept that reasoning. Developers have had their eyes on the land for many years and have options at least on the purchasing of it.
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". However this does not change the fact that employment would still be insufficient. Even if for a moment we were to believe the guesstimates of 10.000 homes, there are no such guesses of the amount of employment there would be by the time these home would be built. That makes it a flawed plan. You cannot built homes if there will not be sufficient employment.