Hampton Magna

I strongly object to the development plans proposed for Hampton Magna based on the following: -

1. Greenbelt land has already been destroyed in Hampton Magna when Warwick Parkway station was built.
2. Too much greenbelt land in Warwick overall has been destroyed i.e. Chase Meadow.
3. I have concerns around increased volumes of traffic in around Hampton Magna should additional houses be built. Access routes into the village are very limited and additional housing will only add further stress to this.
4. Residents choose to live in rural village locations with greenbelt land surrounding. This should not be destroyed.

The notion that green belt can be used and village envelope redrawn is outragous. I have lived in this village for many years because I thought i knew that the green belt would not be built on. How can green belt be seen as last resort when still in building phase 1,2,3. Planners cannot say they are protecting GB and open spaces when in the next breath redrawing the village envelope.
Village has been encircled with development and needs and deserves protection. Infrastructure is at capacity with narrow access to the village, transport will be even worse and more village danger

Whilst i as growing up i really enjoyed the village life and atmosphere. The school was great and the addition of 150 houses in the village will badly affect what youngsters should grow up within. I am concerned for my own safety and other friends i know with so many more cars around and through the village.
I enjoy many walks over the open fields and countryside and the fantastic views which the green belt has protected for me to enjoy.
My Dad was hit by a car because of the narrow roads , how can it cope with more

As mentioned under 4.3 RDS4 the Green Belt must not be eroded further and should be protected in line with central government policy to only use green belt land in "exceptional circumstances". The plan does not reflect this last resort position given the continuing uncertainty over housing needs with development identified for phases 1,2,3. The Green Belt open character of the village should not be blited which a 25% expansion would do

The plan is contradictory. It portrays a want to consider Green Belt and protect the open spaces and countryside yet villages "washed over" by green belt may have their village envelopes re drawn. That contradiction cannot be allowed to happen otherwise what is the point in having such protected areas.

Gypsy sites are being assessed avoiding Green Belt yet houses are being potentially allowed on the green belt - inconsistent and unfair.

Hampton Magna has suffered more than its share of green belt erosion and growth/development on all sides in recent years. Warwick Parkway Station (built on green belt land and subsequently expanded considerably) , Hatton Park Estate to the North , Chase Meadow to the South, IBM site development to the East. Further erosion of green belt and the village character must stop.

The scale of development is inappropriate in relation to the existing village population.

An example photo of the beautiful southern side of Hampton Magna attached being green belt and under threat.

Contrary to the plan services in the village are fully utilised and do not need further "sustaining" through population growth. Budbrooke school is expanding but this is needed to resolve current stretched classroom numbers. The train station and its facilities are fully utilised. Therefore existing infrastructure capacity should not be stretched further.

Another large influx of families will create more traffic congestion particularly given the single file traffic light controlled road under the bridge being the main access to/from the village. There will be more dangers with traffic volumes through the village day to day and more rat running through country roads and other neighbouring villages. Houses will draw in more London commuters creating pressure to expand Warwick Parkway even further.

I moved into Hampton Magna 18 years ago, in order to live in a rural village. Since then, I have seen the surrounding green belt areas slowly eroded by development - Warwick Parkway station, Hatton Park and Chase Meadow to mention a few. This plan to build yet more housing in the green belt is unacceptable and will change the character of the village totally.
With Government policy being to only develop greenbelt land in "Exceptional circumstances" I fail to see how this proposal qualifies.
The local road infrastructure is already under stress due to the existing new developments. The only access to the village being through the single file traffic under the railway bridge, through Hampton on the hill or along narrow country lanes and Ugly Bridge Road. Further development cannot be sustained by this road infrastructure. Road safety will certainly be compromised given the nature of the local roads.

I object to the proposed incursion into our green belt which will compromise the open character of our village. It has already been eroded, and the scale of building is disproportionate to the existing population. The proposals will not "support village amenities", as these are already hard pressed (eg school, sheltered housing, shop, community centre).

I object to the erosion of the Green Belt. I object to the scale of development which is disproportionate to the existing village population.
Our services are already fully stretched and do not need support through population growth. I am concerned about traffic volumes; and the over-use of local facilities such as education, health and leaisure.

Hampton magna gypsy housing

This is a green field area, with nowhere near the infrastructure to support such a planned development. The school is oversubscribed, access is already difficult (one way under rail bridge). Let alone the blight to a green field area. Totally object.

Not suitable for development as the infrastructure will not be able to cope with both the building and the subsequent traffic. 100-200 homes will create over 300 cars. the land is green belt and should stay that way. The school is already full and access to the village is restricted. Damage to the environment and wildlife which is not needed and unwelcome to this countryside.

The village cannot sustain another 100 houses with the subsequent overload of traffic. Green belt land must be preserved for the future generations. People living in towns need access to the countryside and small villages like these should be kept. The noise, pollution and traffic is too much of a burden and will just erode more of our countryside and the school is already full and the shop is only small as is the community centre.

Our house looks through two mature oaks to the fields beneath Budbrooke Primary. The trees are home to a colony of pipistrelle bats and numerous species of birds who nest here throughout the year. Daly Avenue is a very quiet and peaceful road, where the unusually high number of young children who live iin this road can play safely. We chose this house so we could raise our daughter in a particularly safe area, with particularly low crime and particularly low car count. Daly Avenue is a 'cul de sac' in that it is not a through route. I very strongly indeed object to the local plan framework as it is currently framed. Hampton Magna is not large enough to support these new houses, its sewerage system not adequate, there are too few shops, the school cannot absorb any more pupils. We do not want to see the lines between Hampton Magna and Warwick, Hampton on the Hill or the A46 being blurred. We chose to live here because the it is, although modern, a quiet place, cut off and safe. The village has already lost some of its peace and quiet because of the railway station. Already there are cars parked at the entrance to the village, dangerously, by railway travellers seeking to avoid car parking charges. How can the Henry VIII trust justify selling land to enable a development which can have NO POSITIVE BENEFIT AT ALL to those who currently live here, and those in the future who chose a modest house in an exceptionally quiet and safe area. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN HAMPTON MAGNA - THE VILLAGE WILL BE RUINED.

Hampton Magnas' tightly bonded community is related to the unique countryside that surrounds it. we as a community are proud of our village and the way it has retained its character. this village may be small but is a home to a lot more than just the people who live here, but also to the other part of the community that everyone seems to forget, our wildlife. we as a community have noticed our large sanctuary for bats. just a small stroll and you can be swarmed by beautiful creatures of the night. In Britain all bat species and their roosts are legally protected, by both domestic and international legislation.

100+ houses would result in 200+ cars coming through Hampton Magna which is completely unacceptable. This would put a considerable strain on the roads, school and medical centre let alone the implications of road safety to the current residents and children in the area. There has already been enough development on green belt land in the area without this. Would this mean that Warwick Parkway would also expand in the future? The traffic around the station would become unbearable and there is already a problem with parking as it is. What about the pollution and environmental damage this development would cause? Let alone the health and safety implications of building the actual development would cause. Eventually, Leamington Spa, Warwick and Hampton Magna would become one area. Just how built up is an area to become before these kinds of developments stop? There will soon be no countryside around this area.

Hampton Magna.The proposed development of a further 100-150 homes would put an enormous strain on already stretched services. With the Parkway Station having already increased both traffic volumes and street parking, and the parking problems when children are delivered to school twice daily, another possible 200 plus vehicles would make the situation impossible,also these roads have no winter weather treatment.

Traffic would be a major concern with 100-150 new homes proposal.With one way lights at the Parkway, and joining the A4177 with the already heavy traffic from Hatton Park making this junction even more time consuming.Green Belt land should be a last resort, and this is not the case here.More use of brown field land should be given to housing, not retail developments.

Hampton Magna has suffered more than its fair share of change over the 6 years that I have lived here.
The upgrade to the motorway junction resulted in a vast increase in traffic cutting through the country lanes often at inappropriate speed, as well as an increase on the Old Budbrooke Road, and this has never diminished. Likewise the changes made by Chiltern to encourage commuters to drive to Warwick Parkway rather than catch a train from their local station has further increased traffic which resulted in the multi storey car park being built to accommodate these cars. Considering the government aim to reduce traffic on the roads, I fail to see the logic of forcing people to drive several miles to Warwick Parkway to catch a train that they used to catch from Dorridge.
Both the above have resulted in increased noise levels in the village too.
It now seems that we must pay the penalty for this by having our semi rural area further eroded by development that is of an inappropriate scale when considered against the size of the existing population and which will completely alter the character of this village and turn it into just an extension of Warwick, separated only by the A46 and the railway. Hardly a village anymore! The roads around here cannot support that increase in population.
I do accept that there must be development, but sympathetically with regard to numbers to allow us to keep the character and community spirit of this village, and to encourage the farms in this area to remain. The whole Warwick area is already surrounded by major roads which bring their own constraints for development space, but surely there are other areas that can take some of the development rather than filling in the remaining pleasant land around here.

Further erosion of the green belt must stop - already Parkway, Hatton Park, Chase Meadow. Village is fully utilised with existing housing. Contradictory plans - no way does this plan consider Green Belt. The scale of this plan is wholly inappropriate in relation to the existing village population. Concerned about further traffic congestion with more housing.

Having reviewed the plan for Hampton Magna I am concerned the additional housing will radically change the character of the village detrimentally in multiple ways as detailed below.

Hampton Magna is a village with a very special character due to the age and type of the housing stock within it. Being a '60s construction, many of the houses have had similar extensions due to the feeling 'extend rather than move' and this has resulted in a character that is unique within the area. I have spent time within the newer housing developments in the area and I feel the modern style of housing is in contrast with the style already in HM.

With the planned locations for the development, the footprint of the village would be extended up to the A46 and effectively merge the village into Warwick and rather than being a separate village will be considered a suburb. Greenbelt land was originally conceived to stop the spread of conurbations and to maintain a boundary gap. This extension of the village will also alter the balance of the housing and enhance the 'split' that already exists between the 2 halves of the village.

The proposed access to the additional housing is down existing residential roads that contain significant on road parking, family housing and roads designed only for their local traffic. The additional traffic will significantly increase the risk of accidents and more significantly increased risk of a child being run over.

Old Budbrooke Road is already suffering from excessive load due to the train station and this would only be increased. The route from the station up Old Budbrooke Road through Hampton on the Hill is already a 'rat run' used by vehicles of all sizes and many travelling at excessive speed. This is exasperated at busy times and this can be clearly seen at the junction between Old Budbrooke Road and Birmingham Road where there can be queues of cars all the way back to the train station.

As a local resident, I wish to object to the new plans to build further housing in this village. Neither the local resources nor the road infrastructure are suitable for the increased usage that will come about from these plans. Furthermore, the greenbelt land surrounding this village was categorised as such, in order to be protected from development plans like these. I encourage my local council to resist these plans as best they can.

I am objecting to 100-150 houses being built within Hampton Magna. This is a village location in a green belt area and this should be protected, and only used in 'exceptional circumstances'. We have already had Warwick Parkway station built on green belt land and has recently expanded further, this creating a larger volume of traffic to the area. Also bearing in mind most households have 2 cars, you are putting greater strains on an already busy village road network. This village does not need sustaining through a population growth, it's ok as it is.

I believe the proposed development in Hampton Magna is disproportionate to the needs of the community. The school is already at breaking point. At present it is over-subscribed and should have an intake of 45. However, due to the ever increasing population due to the recent developments of Hatton Park and Chase Meadow for the last few years the school has had to take too many pupils for the size of the school. In turn because of the new developments the country roads are not coping with the increased traffic and/or noise level. Adding more housing would clearly increase both traffic cogestion and road danger, use of the school and change a green belt area forever.

As a Governor of Budbrooke school and local Police Constable I believe the proposed development in Hampton Magna is disproportionate to the needs of the community. The school is already at breaking point. At present it is over-subscribed and should have an intake of 45. However, due to the ever increasing population due to the recent developments of Hatton Park and Chase Meadow for the last few years the school has had to take too many pupils for the size of the school. In turn because of the new developments the country roads are not coping with the increased traffic and/or noise level. Adding more housing would clearly increase both traffic cogestion and road danger, use of the school and change a green belt area forever.

I strongly object for many reasons:
1. The Green Belt open character of Hampton Magna will be compromised. I understood the central government's policy was to only use green belt land in 'exceptional circumstances'?! The village has already suffered it's fair share of green belt erosion with Warwick Parkway Station being built and expanded considerably. Also, the development of Hatton Park (to the North), Chase Meadow (to the South) and IBM development to the East. What is left of the Green Belt should be left alone.
2. Existing services eg School and GP Surgery should not be stretched further. The school is expanding but this is needed to resolve current stretched classroom numbers. The train station and it's facilities are currently used.
3. Existing infrastructure capacity should not be stretched further.
4.More traffic on and around the village would make the roads in the village even more dangerous for all residents, especially children. Especially those that walk to school. A large increase in families will create more traffic congestion on the main access road to the village. Particularly given that this is a traffic-light controlled road under a railway bridge.
5.The scale of development is inappropriate in relation to the existing village population.
6. Houses are likely to be purchased by London commuters which would put pressure Warwick Parkway Station to expand.
7. Land suggested for Gypsy sites should not take precedence over house building on them and I am against the compulsory purchase of private land to facilitate Gypsy sites.

I strongly object because
-The village has already suffered more than it's fair share of Green Belt erosion including Warwick Parkway Station & it's continued development and car park expansion, the development of Hatton Park, Chase Meadow and IBM. I understood that in line with central government policy green belt should be protected and only looked at in 'exceptional circumstances'.
-The scale of the development is inappropriate in relation to the existing village population.
-Wildlife flora and fauna will be unnecessarily destroyed. The local bats and foxes I see from my front room window will have their habitat destroyed.
-Village services are already fully utilised and do not need further 'sustaining' through population growth. The school is expanding but this is needed to resolve current stretched classroom numbers.
-Existing infrastructure capacity should not be stretched further.The train station and it's facilities are fully utilised.
-More families will increase the day to day traffic and traffic dangers and cause further congestion on the main road onto the village (which is traffic light controlled and under a narrow bridge). Roads for all residents will become more dangerous.

I am against any incursion into the greenbelt around Hampton Magna. I do recognise the need for some increase in the housing stock but not a large development. The village began as a new estate around 50 years ago consisting largely of 3 bedroom houses and there is a need for some smaller dwellings to allow current residents to downsize without moving away from friends. This would free up the larger houses for young families. A well proportioned development of such houses would improve the balance of the village and might be welcomed rather than rejected.

If the proposed increase of between 100 and 150 houses in Hampton Magna goes ahead, it will be further erosion of green belt land around the village, following hard on the heels of Warwick Parkway station (which has expanded considerably since it was first opened) and the more recent Hatton Park and Chase Meadow developments as well as the significant works at Longbridge island. It also equates to an increase of between 16% and 25% in the current number of houses and in the long term, I have no doubt that it will lead to urban sprawl such that Hampton Magna will become swallowed up by Warwick and lose its identity. The local road system is already very busy would not be able to cope with the inevitable increase in the levels of traffic because it is very 'bendy' and narrow which means there are serious implications with regard to road safety, particularly in the context of higher numbers of children in the village. In all probability, the properties will be bought by London/Birmingham commuters so the local economy will not benefit. There will be increased noise and vehicle pollution and privacy issues. Why is it necessary to develop and enlarge existing communities and thereby disrupt and unbalance them? If all levels of government are hell bent on developing green belt land (and that includes HS2), why not find land and develop new communities (much as happened with Hampton Magna itself or the Woodloes or the large scale building and rebuilding after the last War I guess)? The existing communities are well established and don't need the upheaval!

Having moved recently to the village ( <3 years) my family and I are disappointed that what attracted us to this village is now proposed to change. The Cul-de-sac which we chose for the location of our first house on the basis that our children could play and socialise in the outdoors will no longer be an option if the proposed plans continue. Hampton Magnas unique features -The wide open spaces, the greenbelt, the wildlife, the quietness and the safe close-knit family environment. Qualities which will be destroyed with the introduction of new housing, the characteristics of Hampton Magna village which are embedded in its inhabitants are now frustrated and will be unwelcoming of any development.

I would strongly like to submit my objection to this location for the new proposed housing in the region.

RDs 5 Para 4.4
The proposed area can only be accessed from Arras Boulevard, the bend at the top of Blanford Way where it meets Arras Boulevard, is almost blind and with the increasing number of cars parking away from Parkway station in Blanford Way up to the bend it will only be a short time before an accident will occur. Residents on the even numbered houses who are entitled to park in front of their houses legally cause the road width to be reduced to almost 2 car widths only adding to the problem, rail users sometimes park for several days.

RDS 5 PARA 4.4

The sewerage system is running to almost full capacity and is unlikely to cope with the added volume increase.

Budbrooke infant school places are much sort after and could not possibly accommodate added pupils.

Already at peak time the traffic lighted system on the Old Budbrooke Road bridge at peak time can be backed up towards Blanford Way. Addition housing will inevitably increase difficulties leaving the village. I addition the traffic lights at the A4177/Old Budbrooke Road junction is set to approximately 15 seconds, causing tailbacks when the main road has over 90 seconds. Thus at peak times only 9 vehicles can exit onto the main road, providing there are no hold ups on Stanks Island, which again at peak times is frequent.