I believe that the proposed modifications to the local plan and the proposal to allocate land north of Milverton for development are unsound for the following reasons:

The EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES required by the National Planning Policy Framework to remove the land North of Milverton from the Green Belt have not been demonstrated by Warwick District Council.
The proposed development is to support Coventry City Council's housing need. There are sustainable sites closer to Coventry that should be used in preference to the land North of Milverton to reduce unnecessary commuting, inevitable congestion and further road construction.
I have lived in Leamington for over four years and commuted into Coventry for three of these. The current road system can not cope with the volume of traffic on the A452. It often used to take me longer to travel the 4 miles out of Leamington as to travel the subsequent 10 miles to get into my place of work in Coventry. The one joining road to the major highway of the A46, the A452 is narrow, with banks on either side, two roundabouts to navigate and a bridge over a river so there is no obvious way to widen this to cope with additional traffic from a new housing estate or park and ride scheme. The road is also prone to flooding. In addition, the town centre is grid locked in the morning with traffic travelling from north to south Leamington as there are again two bridges to navigate and several major employers in South Leamington.

I choose and can afford to live in Leamington Spa but the reality is the land to the immediate north of Leamington Spa in North Milverton carries a large premium and as such it is unlikely that people from Coventry will be buying these houses and therefore this development proposal will not support Coventry's housing need.
Precedence for releasing land from the Green Belt requires the "value" of potential sites to the Green Belt to be taken into account and those with the least value to be removed from the Green Belt first. WDC, in cooperation with Coventry City Council, has assessed sites on the edge of Coventry as being of lower Green Belt value. Even if development at Old Milverton was acceptable as a sustainable location for development, there are sites with a lower Green Belt value that should be used in preference to the land north of Milverton. These sites are closer to Coventry and will cause less impact on local communities.
Currently the residents of Leamington, Warwick and Kenilworth use the North Milverton green belt area for walking, running, cycling, riding, bird watching and it is also used by local schools for educational walks. The area provides a picturesque northern gateway to the historic regency town of Royal Leamington Spa and separates Leamington Spa as a town from neighbouring Kenilworth.
This land has long established wild life habitat and highly productive farming land. While I understand the need to build new houses it does not make any sense to build on such a lovely area, which gives so many local people so much pleasure when there are alternative sites available closer to Coventry. What legacy are we leaving for future generations if we destroy green belt land simply because it carries a premium for developers when there are real alternatives?

With regard to the proposed park-and-ride scheme I believe the proposed site of this is unsustainable because:
 _The site is too close to Leamington, as per my points above, it would simply add to existing traffic congestion. It would be better if the site was focused on the A46 roundabout with the A452, which could form part of the Thickthorn development, and provide for Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth, Warwick University and potentially Coventry.
 _Much of the traffic using the A452 crosses to the south of Leamington where there are the major employers
 _Shoppers are unlikely to use the park and ride when there is plenty of parking in Leamington