Object

Representation ID: 6920

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Bishops Tachbrook Parish Council

Strategic Objectives
The Parish Council does not agree with the Strategic Objectives. The Preferred Strategy does not do the following.
1. It doesn‟t fulfil the emerging Regional & Sub-regional Spatial Strategies as there is little development focus on the North-South Coventry / Leamington Spa-Warwick corridor.
2. It doesn‟t comply with vision statements 1 & 10 since the preferred option develops 340ha of Grade 2 Agricultural land and only 16.63 ha of brownfield sites (windfalls excepted). If brownfield is raised to 47ha, Agricultural Land (Class 2 - good, arable) loss can reduce to 150ha. DEFRA report on Food by 2050 (published Aug 09) shows that it is essential to keep all arable land if food to the UK population is to be sufficient.
3. Transport journeys will not be minimized by building to the south since occupants will not travel conveniently to the south but need as much or more access north, putting additional pressure on the already overstretched 4 river/rail crossings between Warwick & Leamington. Slower traffic produces more CO2 per mile than free flowing. So spread development to spread the load over existing networks to maintain free flowing traffic.