Do you support or object to the development of Glebe Farm, Cubbington?

Green Belt should be preserved; No infrastructure; accidents on all junctions of the Cubbington Road; Difficulty getting onto the Cubbington Road during the day; Parklands avenue already used as rat run; side roads not made for extra traffic; Flooding in Oakridge Road and Parklands Avenue; Schools will not be large enough; it will be like Warwick Gates where children will be to be driven to school; children should be within walking distance of any school which is better for their health; crops should be grown on this land; should not need extra housing - property should be refurbished and am sure there is a lot in Leamington.

1. Flooding: More houses will contribute to flooding in village
2. Policing: most trouble caused in the village is by youths crossing fields from Lillington. To join us would incur more problems i.e. noise, drunken behaviour, thefts, damage to cars
3. Village has been here since the Doomsday Book, will lose its village atmosphere and community spirit
4. Churchyard is nearly full, no burial ground
5. Major problems with traffic, more accidents.

1. Flooding problems occuring from new development as rain water will flow down to Offchurch Road
2. Major traffic problems, more accidents on top road by the two garages - Comptons and Cubbington Car Centre
3. More problems with drunks, thefts, road racing as is as present
4. Overcrowded schools, doctors

a.) This is a flood plain 'not safe ground'
b.) this is vastly increase the probability of flooding at the lower end of the village of Cubbington i.e. bottom end of Windmill Hill/ Offchurch Road and all streets leading off. Also lower end of New Street and all properties which were subject to flooding in recent years
c.) high ground at all sides and all directions will enhance the extra probability of heavy floods annually.

Questionnaire Response: WE DO NOT WANT ANY MORE HOUSES TO BE BUILT ON GLEBE FARM, CUBBINGTON.
CUBBINGTON HAS ALREADY SUFFERED FROM FLOODING IN RECENT YEARS AND BUILDING ON FARM LAND IS ONLY GOING TO EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM.
I ALSO WISH TO SEEM FARM LAND KEPT AS FARM LAND.

Questionnaire Reponse: I UNDERSTAND THAT BETWEEN 2 AND THREE THOUSAND HOUSES WOULD BE BUILT AS PER THIS APPLICATION. IN MANY HOUSEHOLDS THESE DAYS THERE ARE TWO CARS. CUBBINGTON ROAD IS ALREADY A BUSY ROAD AND WERE AN APPROXIMATE 4000 EXTRA CARS TO USE IT REGULARLY IT WOULD BECOME A SERIOUSLY CONGESTED ROUTE. MY HUSBAND, AT PRESENT, OFTEN HAS TO WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE IT IS SAFE TO TURN FROM OUR DRIVE ON TO CUBBINGTON ROAD. IF THIS SCHEME GOES AHEAD, IT WOULD OFTEN BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET HIS CAR OUT.

I, A NON-DRIVER, TRAVEL A GOOD DEAL IN TO LEAMINGTON BY BUS. THE 67 IS OFTEN FILLED TO CAPACITY AND RECENTLY MORE PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY AT STOPS AS A RESULT. ANY SUGGESTION THAT PROSPECTIVE RESIDENTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SHOULD TRAVEL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS PIE IN THE SKY. THE EXISTING BUS SYSTEM WOULD COLLAPSE. PEOPLE WILL USE THEIR CARS WITH DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE OF US LIVING NEARBY. THE TELFORD AVENUE/PARKLANDS AVENUE/CUBBINGTON ROAD JUNCTION IS ALREADY OVELOADED AND DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS; DITTO, THE CROWN WAY/CUBBINGTON ROAD/LIME AVENUE JUNCTION. WE ARE ALL BEING ASKED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO WALK MORE, SO LET'S NOT ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT TO GO AHEAD THAT WOULD SURELY ENDANGER THE LIVES OF PEDESTRIANS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.

THE GREEN SPACE BETWEEN LILLINGTON AND CUBBINGTON IS A PRECIOUS RESOURCE FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIKE TO EXERCISE. IT IS HEALTHY AND PLEASANT TO WALK IN FIELDS UNOBSTRUCTED BY HOUSING. IT IS ALSO GOOD FOR WILDLIFE THAT THERE ARE HEDGES AND TREES. THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD DRIVIE ROUGHSHOD OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S EXHORTATIONS TO US TO WALK MORE AND IMPROVE OUR HEALTH BY GETTING OUT IN THE FRESH AIR. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO CONSIDER THIS APPLICATION ALONG WITH THE OTHERS TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE BUILDING TARGETS. IT IS A SCHEME THAT WOULD HAVE SO MANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES ON THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN THE VICINITY THAT IT SHOULD BE REJECTED. I URGE WDC TO DO JUST THIS.

As residents of the village, we are concerned about the impact any development would have on the flooding risks and the road arrangements. The flooding caused much hardship and devastation which was unpleasant to witness. Much work has been done by residents to alleviate such problems in the future, but this was without the need to accommodate so many more dwellings and the inevitable loss of natural land-soak. Furthermore, the island at 'Compton's' crossroads would NOT be viable as it is barely safe even now.
We moved here to enjoy the village with its unique identity which would inevitably be lost if we were to be swallowed up by this greedy, thoughtless monster of a housing nightmare. We often enjoy the walks over the land earmarked for this barbaric treatment, and speak for many when we say that we would be saddened by the loss of this attractive, safe amenity.
You only have to drive a short distance to see empty buildings and unused land on the former sites of North Leamington School (Park Road and Binswood Avenue). These derelict buildings are crying out for development which would not only provide a substantial contribution to the housing required, but enhance the parts of the town which are sadly beginning to look neglected.
The proposed development would destroy our village, and we urge you to use the alternative sites.

Questionnaire Response:
We strongly object to the proposed development of Glebe Farm, Cubbington for the following reasons:

*This is a village location, where people know their neighbours and stop to chat to each other on the street. This is a rarity in today's society and is something which we believe should be protected. A large scale anonymous housing estate would not fit in this area and would damage the close knit community which exists.
*The green belt land in this area should not be reduced or compromised. Public footpaths are popular and their use forms part of everyday life for us and many others. This proposed development would destroy the footpaths and have a huge negative impact on the wildlife and the local environment.
*This is a high risk area for flooding, hich would only be worsened by building of this scale.
*The roads in this area could not cope with the increased level of traffic this development would create. A significant number of accidents already occur at the roundabout at the top of Windmill Hill/Rugby Road during peak travel times.
*Local schools could not cope with the increased numbers of children this development would bring to the area.
*Many people have lived in Cubbington all their lives. Others, like us, chose to purchase property here because of the village life and proximity to nature which exists. If we wanted to live on or near to a large scale housing development, we would have chosen to live elsewhere.

I must object strongly to this ill-considered proposal.
I grew up in Cubbington, moving there in 1956 at the age of nine. I've watched the gradual accretion of new housing which has made the village a vital, prosperous and busy place to live. I chose the word 'gradual' carefully. As new families have come to live in the village, they have become villagers and taken their part in the life of the community. Today, Cubbington is seen as a good place to enjoy retirement. So my first objection is to do with the enormous scale of the proposed development. The proposed building at Glebe Farm would swamp the village of Cubbington, turning it into another anonymous suburb of Leamington Spa. There's little industry or commerce in the area, so presumably this would be 'commuter belt', housing a huge new population with no loyalty or affiliation to the parent community.

My next area of concern relates to the events of 2007 when Cubbington's already overloaded drainage system proved incapable of removing the vast amounts of water (and sewerage) which deluged the lower lying streets of the village. It's been suggested that additional housing on The Grange, the site of the old Sawmills, the Vicarage and Coventry Road have all used the existing drainage system which has not been improved to cope. Warwickshire County Council and Severn Trent responded rapidly - by bravely denying responsibility. This was of no comfort to my many friends who saw their houses made uninhabitable for many weeks and now live in permanent fear of a repeat performance. Now the Council has a proposal. It suggests building hundreds of new homes on green belt land on the hillside above the village. Brilliant! Sewerage, stormwater and thousands of gallons of hard surface run-off will now travel in the only available direction - downhill - straight to the scene of 2007's disaster.

The third problem is to do with access to and from the proposed development. Just months ago the Kenilworth to Leamington Road was closed by road works and drivers diverted along the Cubbington Road and Leicester Lane. Having queued interminably at the Leicester Lane/Coventry Road roundabout every morning during this period, I know exactly what effect the hugely increased commuter traffic would have on the existing road system. Years ago I saw a proposal for a new road which would cut across from (I think) Parklands Avenue to the Radford Road. Of course this would inconvenience Leamington's golfers but only something so radical could relieve the enormous load on the road system that such a massive development would generate. Sadly, while helping traffic going south and shoppers aiming for Asda and Whitnash, it wouldn't help with cars heading for North Leamington, Coventry and Kenilworth. Oh yes, someone mentioned an access point from the Offchurch Road. This twisty country lane enters the narrow bottleneck of Offchurch via a single track hump-backed bridge. No help there then!

I'm not saying that no new homes should be built. Nor am I arguing that the Green Belt between Lillington and Cubbington can never be utilised. I AM saying that the sheer scale of this proposal is the architect of all its failings. A small development, preferably of 'starter' homes to encourage younger people to move into the area would enrich the community and would be more quickly assimilated. Please don't build 'Cubbington Newtown'!

Questionnaire Response:
I object to the above development because we live in wonderful location, with beautiful views of the fields and wildlife on our doorstep. The children can play safely in our lovely quiet cul-de-sac. The perfect situation you would agree.

How horrified are we at the plans to ruin our perfect surroundings, by building thousands of houses on our doorstep and turning our cul-de-sac in to a main road in to the new houses.

The poor wildlife, roads and environment would suffer immensely putting strain on the local schools and Doctors surgery. My poor children would no longer be safe to play outside in the street - how sad for them to grow up on a building site.

We bought our house because of its location and views over the fields how awful to then look out over row upon row of houses.

Questionnaire Response:
1.Increased flooding risk to the Ladycroft, Knightley Close, New Street areas.
2.Access point near Queen Street/Offchurch Road junction will cause large increase in traffic on the narrow Offchurch Road and increased congestion at the Rugby Road/Windmill Hill junction during peak periods.
3.Traffic to/ from Coventry Road using Church Hill will pass through Cubbington village center or
Price Road which could become a 'rat run'.
4.Traffic accessing, M40 and industrial estates south of the river will have to pass through Leamington.
5.Local schools and doctors will become overloaded.

Questionnaire Response:
I object to this development as people move to this area for a reason. It is a village, small community, lovely views of the countryside, space not a build up area.

A big factor is schooling, our village school is small, friendly, and everyone knows each other and looks out for each other including an excellent Ofsted report. The school is very popular for this reason and is already over subscribed, with families having problems getting siblings into the school now. This would be become an even bigger issue if this development was too succeed.

Please consider this development seriously, as you would be spoiling this lovely countryside and home too many wildlife.

1) This is green belt land
2) This area is already prone to flooding & the authorities still haven't sorted the current problems.
3) The lie of the land seems totally unsuitable for building.
4) It will put more pressure on the road infrastructure. There are already accidents occuring @ the Windmill Hill junction & near the Rugby Tavern.
5) This would also put pressure on our local schools & doctors etc, adding to the increase in traffic.
6) The loss of a public amenity in the network of public footpaths.
7) Disturbance to our local wildlife. Many badger sets in the area.

Questionnaire Response:
We object, we do not need this land developed and we do not need to join Lillington and Cubbington. What is wrong with the site where the Peugeot factory stood? What is going to happen to all the land where North Leam school and the old Girls College stands on?

Questionnaire Response:
WE WISH TO OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF GLEBE FARM PRIMARILY AS WE FEEL THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE ALREADY OVERLOADED ROADS AROUND THIS AREA - ESPECIALLY PARKLANDS/TELFORD AVENUE JUNCTION. IT WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE CONGESTION GETTING INTO TOWN AND ACROSS TOWN TO MAJOR RETAIL AREAS.
THE HEAVY CLAY SUBSOIL ALREADY CONTRIBUTES TO FLOODING IN OUR AREA AND THIS WOULD ONLY BE INCREASED.
THE SPACE BETWEEN LILLINGTON & CUBBINGTON SHOULD BE PROTECTED TO KEEP THE INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES OF THESE COMMUNITIES.
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GREEN BELT WOULD DESTROY AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES NAMELY THE WILDLIFE.
THE ACCESS POINTS OFF VARIOUS CLOSES/ROADS WERE NOT BUILT TO SUSTAIN THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF TRAFFIC A LARGE DEVELOMENT OF THIS SIZE WOULD BRING.

Questionnaire Response:
Part of the intrinsic qualities of Lillington and Cubbington is that it borders with the local countryside. This has natural benefits in terms of health and well being for residents of all ages. The further encroachment into the countryside which should be protected is would have negative affects on the residents and possibly residents within other parts of North Leamington, by distancing them further and perhaps limiting their ability or opportunity to benefit experiences such observing nature and walks into the countryside. This would potentially impact on the peacefulness that can be observed in Cubbington and I wonder how the council would envisage protecting these qualities and opportunities for its local residents and how would it protect the local wildlife?

I worry for the basic infrastructure of the area also. More residents and housing means more cars and traffic. The mini roundabout at the top of Windmill hill can already cause minor tail backs at
rush hour, mornings particularly and I believe this to be true for the road leading into Leamington
from Radford Semele into Leamington Spa which can get very busy/ congested. This is a route that I imagine residents in the new housing might also take, if exited via Off Church. How do you plan to support the increased traffic and relieve us from any potential congestion, irrespective of the route that we take?

In addition, what are you plans to cope for additional services that would be required in terms of housing and health provision? For example, I am only aware of one GP practice in the area on the Cubbington Road.

Questionnaire Response:
I object to the development at Glebe Farm for the following reasons:

*The proposed site is an alternative to the Brown Field sites already submitted and if there are objections to those sites, there are other alternative sites which would be more suited to the application for development eg land at Baginton Airfield.

*The road infrastructure in the area already suffers from congestion at peak periods and I feel would not be able to cope with additional vehicles from 2-3000 houses. The roundabout at the top of Windmill Hill causes confusion as drivers from Leamington still act as though they have right of way (despite the signings) so everyone is hesitant and there are still frequent accidents there. Also, there has already been one death on the Rugby Road and the increase in traffic, I feel would mean that there would be another.

*The site is away from the main areas of work in South Leamington and Warwick meaning that there would be an increase in traffic thorough central Leamington which already cannot cope at peak times.

*The land is currently agricultural and is composed of heavy clay. There is a severe issue with run-off which in July 2007 resulted in nearly 50 houses being flooded as the sewerage system could not cope with the amount. At the moment no-one is willing to take responsibility to fund the improvement to reduce the impact. The effect of building 2-3000 houses on this site would be to make this problem much worse.

*The land is a Green Field site which is enjoyed by wildlife (including badgers) and walkers. There are several rights of way which run across this land which I have used which will need to be maintained if the site were to be developed.

*The village of Cubbington is a close knit rural community, highlighted by the fact that the parliamentary constituency boundaries have been moved so that it is no longer in Warwick and Leamington and is in the rural constituency of Kenilworth and Southam. This large development will have a huge impact on the village resources (there is always a queue in the post office) and take away some of the reasons why people moved here.

*This development was also mean that there would need to be an increase in facilities eg shops, schools and surgeries to cope with the increase in population or else the existing local facilities would need to expand in order to cope with the pressure.

*If this application is approved, then there will be pressure to extend the development to the boundary of Welsh Road and onto the area around Thwaites factory and eventually development could extend into Offchurch.

*I have lived in the Lillington and Cubbington most of my life and can not emphasis the dramatic effect on this area the development of Glebe farm would have.

This is an eminently sensible proposal

My main objecttions are:
flooding - increased concrete putting additional stress on already flood prone areas
access - increased traffic on unsuitable local roads
urban sprawl - losing the identity of Cubbington village
loss of green field site - related to above and creating vast swarths of housing with no interspersed countryside
Building on green field sites sets a bad precedent and will encourage further urban sprawl

My main objections are:
flooding - increased concrete putting additional stress on already flood prone areas
access - increased traffic on unsuitable local roads
urban sprawl - losing the identity of Cubbington village
loss of green field site - related to above and creating vast swarths of housing with no interspersed countryside
Building on green field sites sets a bad precedent and will encourage further urban sprawl

objection to development at Glebe Farm, Cubbington:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing as a local resident to object to the above application. I am greatly concerned that the proposal, if it goes ahead, will have significant detrimental effects on the environment and the local community. As a local resident this is a matter of concern which affects me and other local residents as detailed below:

.) Cubbington schools are already at their capacity and therefore a significant increase in population could not be readily supported.

.) The proposal represents an inappropriate form of development within the Green Belt and in the absence of any special circumstances would by its inappropriateness have a harmful impact on the open, rural and undeveloped character of the Green Belt.

.) The road infrastructure is unsuitable for the increase in traffic which could result in a safety hazard.

.) The removal of top soil on this hilly area would invetiably lead to an increase risk of flooding to the village which would worsen the existing drainage problems.


Best Regards
Ben & Angela Smith

All villages should be able to grow in a controlled way to provide local housing need, including ensuing that growing families can move home without having to move out of the area. Limited housing developement close to the village boundary may be appropriate in this case.

I am not a resident of cubbington but live near the top of the parade west of the campion hills.

I strongly object to the development of the land next to Glebe Farm, i regularly go for walks on that land on the way to cubbington woods and weston under weatherly/hunningham, the views from the top of this land give a remarkable view of leam valley especially on sunny days, it's a wonderful area with plenty of wildlife, merging the bad parts of lillington to cubbington is a very bad idea, they have completely different feel to each other, old cubbington is a lovely peaceful village unlike new lillington.

The area's roads would not be able to handle the much increased traffic volume and alot of it would go through the parade area on the way to the industrial estates/retail parks south of leamington, housing should be concentrated south of leamington and south/west of warwick, there are much better opportunities to improve infrastructure here without impacting too much on other area's.

The parade was built in the first half of the 1800's when cars weren't on town planners minds at all, leamington town centre just wasn't developed for high traffic density, making it worse at all costs should be avoided.

Large scale development on land next to Glebe Farm would also ruin life for the residents of the lovely village of Offchurch, already traffic through the village can get quite busy at peak times, residents from the new housing estate are bound to take short cuts to get to Asda and the Shires retail park would make it alot worse and would really impact on people's quality of life, also the road across the bridge into Offchurch can often get flooded which would probably cause accidents for drivers in a rush to get home.

The road system south of leamington is better and has scope for improvement which the Glebe Farm site doesn't and residents wouldnt have far to drive to the Shires retail parks and no villages would be affected by increased traffic.

I am not a resident of cubbington but live near the top of the parade west of the campion hills.

I strongly object to the development of the land next to Glebe Farm, i regularly go for walks on that land on the way to cubbington woods and weston under weatherly/hunningham, the views from the top of this land give a remarkable view of leam valley especially on sunny days, it's a wonderful area with plenty of wildlife, merging the bad parts of lillington to cubbington is a very bad idea, they have a completely different feel to each other, old cubbington is a lovely peaceful village.

The area's roads would not be able to handle the much increased traffic volume and alot of it would go through the parade area on the way to the industrial estates/retail parks south of leamington, housing should be concentrated south of leamington and south/west of warwick, there are much better opportunities to improve infrastructure here without impacting too much on other area's.


The road system south of leamington is better and has more scope for improvement, residents could get to industrial estates, Shires retail park and Asda easily without affecting any villages residents quality of life.

Building on land next to Glebe Farm would completely change the area for the worse, old cubbington has a unique feel to it unlike new lillington, building a huge estate would connect these different places and eventually over time turn old cubbington into just another suburb of leamington with similar social and crime problems some parts of lillington have.

Offchurch residents would also have to put up with increased traffic, it is already quite busy at peak times and this housing development would make it worse as residents of this new housing estate would inevitably take short cuts to Shires retail park and asda, flooding which is an issue on the road across the bridge into offchurch could cause terrible road congestion too with people in a rush to get home.

Questionnaire Response:
As a long-time resident (37 years) of Cubbington Village I wish to object to the possible development of Glebe Farm on he following counts:-
1] Traffic Congestion and Safety
Considerable engineering works would be required to make necessary improvements at :-
a) Windmill Hill/Rugby Road mini-island junction
b) Offchurch Road - widening and re-aligning
c) Entry into Offchurch village from Cubbington towards The Stag
d) Junctions in Offchurch through Radford Semele to Leamington
e) Flooding of the Avon at Offchurch bridge( and Hunningham)

2] Local Facilities
a) Expensive expansion of Cubbington C of E / St Teresas/ Telford Schools, which would
destroy their value as small 'village' schools
b) Losing the amenity value of the local footpaths - who wants to walk through a housing estate when there are fields at present
c) Necessity for additional Doctor's facilities

3] Environmental Issues
Extensive drainage and pumping installations would be necessary to cope with the run-off from the estate, exacerbating the existing flooding problems in the village

Conclusion
I view the consideration of Glebe Farm as an alternative Core Strategy Site as a totally inappropriate development of Green Belt, Implanting a large development on long-established neighbouring settlements, as in this case Cubbington Village and Parklands, imposes pressures which would not exist in the originally-designated Core Strategy Sites, for example at Harbury Lane.

My Family has had connections with Cubbington Village and Offchurch since the Doomsday Book. I object most strongly to this development as Cubbington will lose its identity.

I am worried regarding the risk of flooding, as I was a victim of the 2007 flooding losing all of my possessions, it is not a pleasant experience.

The increase of traffic on the Offchurch Road/Windmill Hill is of great concern,myself,friends and family have had numerous near misses at the Windmill Hill/Rugby Road roundabout.

The green belt should be preserved to protect our wildlife, we will be losing enough green fields to the High Speed Rail Line.

Any new homes in the Leamington area should be built on Brown Field Sites e.g. Midland Red Garage, Fords Foundry and North Leam School Sites.

I strongly object to the proposed development of glebe farm for housing.
Cubbington would lose its identity as a village in its own right.
The infrastructure could not cope with a large housing development. There are inadequate shops, doctors, schools or roads. The volume of traffic on the Rugby Road is already high and we routinely have difficulty negotiating this at peak times.
There are innadequate employment opportunities in the area. All of the major jobs/shops etc are in the south of the town which will put massive strain on the roads.
This is green belt land which is enjoyed by ramblers and supports wildlife. There are other more suitable sites which could be utitlised which would have far less of an environmental impact.

A parcel of land adjacent to this proposal was the subject of an appeal last year and was ruled out as building land so I fail to see how planning permission can be given to the above area. It floods in this area already, my garden being one that floods along with my neighbours, Cubbington floods along Welsh Rd and often the road at Offchurch floods and is impassable. The Cubbington Rd is often grid-locked with traffic going into Leamington at rush hour, any extra traffic would cause more misery. Cubbington is a village but this proposal would make it just part of Lillington therefore Leamington would become larger and lose its small town appeal. We all have a choice in England to purchase property where we want, its part of the English way of life to have villages which have been around for centuries, they give people the choice to live in small communities if they so wish. Cubbington is one such community which is thriving when so many are on the cusp of failing; please do not make the irreversible mistake of letting the speculators destroy the green belt which keeps Leamington what it is.....Unique. Thanks.

Questionnaire Response:
Site 1a. Yes. This area of land has little in the way of environmental impact. It has obvious access from Leamington Road and off the A46 if required.
There are no public rights of way which would be affected by development.
Site 3: I would object strongly to this. The proposed development would link Lillington to Cubbington village, eroding natural boundaries and green belt land.
The affected area is extremely popular with dog walkers, walkers and families with a number of public footpaths, including the millennium way, a national, long distance path. There are also other paths which although not currently shown on the definite map and statement have seen continual and interrupted use by the public for over twenty years. Definitive map modification orders could be made for these routes.

There will be other environmental issues. There are a number of badger setts and I understand that there are greater crested newts at a site close to Hill Farm.

Cubbington itself has seen enormous strain put on it's foul water systems and over the last few years flooding has occurred. The proposed development will only add to any further incidents.

Royal Leamington Spa Town Council is opposed to Alternative Site 3, Glebe Farm, Cubbington being included in the Warwick District Council Core Strategy and believe the site to be unsuitable for the followin reasons:

1.The green space between Lillington and Cubbington should be protected to prevent the unrestricted sprawl of the large built up rea of Leamington Spa, this green space safeguards the countryside from encroachment and maintains the two distinct communities of Lillington and Cubington village.

2.Should this area be chosen then pressure will inevitably arise to extend the development to the clearly defined boundary of Welh Road and into the Green Belt, extended in 2007, around the Thwaites factory.

3.The impervious heavy clay subsoil causes the site to be prone to flooding particularly, along the north western boundary and currently causes flooding to the rear of Cubbington Road and to properties in Oakridge Rod and Parklands Avenue.

4.The site would need to be accessed through the various closes off Parklands Avenue and through The Crest and Mason Avenue, the existing road infrastructure (50's, 60's and 70's estate roads) is not suitable to support the significant increase in traffic that would be generated by any large scale development of the ste.

5.The Telford Avenue/Parklands Avenue and Cubbington Road junction is already overloaded at peak times and has a poor safety record due to the diffiulty of exiting or entering Telford and Parklands Avenues or crossing Cubbington Road. The Crown Way, Lime Avenue junction is also already heavily congested.

6.Such a large scale development would significantly increase cross town traffic and congestion as all of the major food retailer and employment opportunities are located south of the river accessed by only four river crossings.