Modification:Removal of land north of Milverton from the Green Belt

Mod Number: 16

Paragraph Number: 2.81

Mod. Policies Map Number: H44

Modification: Allocation of land north of Milverton for development
Modification: No 14-
Para: Policy DS15
Mod. Policies Map Number: H44

I have read the proposals in the WDC Draft Local Plan and would like to express my concerns and objections.


I would like to register a formal objection to the removal of land from the Green Belt north of Milverton, and the proposed building of 250 houses and park-and-ride scheme, followed by a further 1100 houses, railway station and commercial property within 5 years.

I believe that we must provide additional housing in South Warwickshire, but It is preposterous that this green belt land should be used to support Coventry City's housing need, and I cannot believe that this is sustainable.

Traffic congestion in the Leamington/Warwick area is already an enormous problem and whilst the suggestion of Park and Ride facilities are put forward I do not believe that residents of the proposed area will want to use the facility to travel into Coventry, and will certainly not use it for trips into Leamington Spa. They will use their cars.

The "Exceptional Circumstances" needed to remove this land from the green belt do not exist. There are lesser value sites closer to Coventry which on the basis of planning precedent should be used in preference to the land in Old Milverton. It is very far fetched to suggest that people living and working in Coventry will be interested in buying houses and living in Old Milverton.