H03 East of Whitnash/South of Sydenham

a) There is no provision for safeguarding existing rights of way (public bridleway) through the proposed site neither is there any plan for enhancement of access to the surrounding countryside and the network of bridleways and footpaths that Whitnash residents currently enjoy.
b) There is no provision for the protection of Whitnash Brook, an important local amenity, and the associated green infrastructure including the nature reserve.
c) No account appears to have been taken of the possible noise and air pollution from the adjacent main railway line and the low-lying situation of the site on the lee side of a high railway embankment.
d) No account has been taken of the effect on the local environment of a large housing development. It will destroy the remaining rural views from Whitnash which include the prominent Crown Hill and the ridge running through Harbury with its associated windmill (Chesterton Windmill). The fine views from Crown Hill to Whitnash and beyond will also be lost.
e) A new community will be tacked on to an existing one and although it will be in Whitnash it will not be an effective part of it because of the lack of suitable linking roads and footpaths.

Despite evidence previously given that this site cannot, by virtue of its location, be effectively served by public transport owing to its severance from the main bus network and its peripherality, it has nevertheless been included as a draft allocation.

The allocation is contrary to NPPF paragraph 14 being a fundamentally unsustainable location that cannot be made sustainable. It can only be wholly dependent on personal car use, with perhaps, some limited scope for cycling.

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