Object
Proposed Modifications January 2016
Representation ID: 68345
Received: 18/04/2016
Respondent: mrs Kathleen Folkard
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The proposed park and ride scheme to the north of Milverton is badly located, and therefore unlikely to produce any real benefit to the neighbouring towns. It is unlikely to be well used and with extensive hard surfacing would aggravate flooding problems in the area.
The proposed park-and-ride scheme is unsustainable because:
1) There will be no dedicated buses, so users will have to time visits to coincide with the bus timetable;
2) the site is too close to Leamington. It would be better if the site were focused on the A46, which could form part of the Thickthorn development, and so provide for Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth, Warwick University and potentially Coventry;
3) Much of the traffic using the A452 crosses to the south of Leamington where there are major employers;
4) Shoppers are unlikely to use the park and ride when there is plenty of parking in Leamington;
5) Oxford appears to have the only park and ride scheme in the country which really works and this is because there is such limited parking in Oxford city centre;
6) There are a lot of car parks in this area of Green Belt with impervious surfaces, all of which reduce the area's ability to absorb rainfall, and contribute to flooding.
A railway station is unviable because the railway line is in deep cutting in Old Milverton, making construction impractical.