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Representation ID: 7108

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: The Warwick Society

Population 'projections' which lead to development proposals are not forecasts with realistic basis. Projected population growth unrealistic because it assumes continuing in-migration at rate when house-building was allowed to exceed local needs. This demonstrates a false and circular argument: population growth driven by house-building, not other way round. In line with focus of RSS on regeneration of major cities of West Midlands, house-building should be planned only to meet properly-based forecast of local needs. Otherwise, Warwick and the other towns will become part of an increasingly sprawling West Midlands Conurbation, based on growing and unsustainable car use, and destroying qualities of County's towns.