Mod 14 - Policy DS15
Object
Proposed Modifications January 2016
Representation ID: 70253
Received: 04/04/2016
Respondent: Miss Ruth Buckley
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Object to proposal: -
- area north of Milverton unsuitable for proposed development as aim Coventry's housing needs rather than Leamington's
- loss of productive agricultural land
- loss of wildlife habitats
- park and ride unnecessary waste of land and money - no demand
- Leamington not large enough to sustain park and ride
-new railway would be too expensive
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Object
Proposed Modifications January 2016
Representation ID: 70258
Received: 19/04/2016
Respondent: Rob & Donna Clifton
Number of people: 2
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
- Sites should be considered near or within Coventry City to fulfil Coventry's requirement.
- Loss of highly productive farming land and wildlife habitat.
- Park and ride scheme will increase length of time for commuters journey and add to congestion.
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Object
Proposed Modifications January 2016
Representation ID: 70262
Received: 22/04/2016
Respondent: Lesley Rayner
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
- Object to proposal for development in the Green Belt north of Milverton
- As there is land closer to Coventry (albeit Green Belt) that is available for building it would seem to be more logical to use it
- development would lead to increased congestion along an already busy route (A452)
- Increased pollution.
- Merging of Leamington and Kenilworth would lead to loss of identity
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Object
Proposed Modifications January 2016
Representation ID: 70267
Received: 19/04/2016
Respondent: Mr Peter Robbins
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Object to proposal: -
- Loss of green belt
- failure to identify appropriate sites
- failure to assess allocations properly
- land to meet Coventry's needs should be closer to Coventry
- unsustainable park and ride
- loss of recreational amenity
Please see attached letter of objection
Object
Proposed Modifications January 2016
Representation ID: 70284
Received: 30/03/2016
Respondent: John Ciriani
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The argument that the only land available is in Old Milverton is incorrect. The additional housing required to assist Coventry meeting their targets should be located closer to Coventry. The distance for commuters would increase pollution.
Sufficient land is available at a reasonable rate on the environs of Coventry that can be used without affecting the Green Belt of Old Milverton
Ref: Old Milverton Lane Development.
The draft local plan does not meet the criteria of "Exceptional circumstances" required to develop this Green Belt land.
The argument that the only land available is in Old Milverton is incorrect. The additional housing required to assist Coventry meeting their targets should be located closer to Coventry. The distance for commuters would increase pollution.
Sufficient land is available at a reasonable rate on the environs of Coventry that can be used without affecting the Green Belt of Old Milverton.
Therefore the Exceptional Circumstances requirements have not been met. The Local Plan significantly underestimates the capacity of land adjacent to Coventry to deliver Coventry's housing needed and therefore the development in Old Milverton is not required.
In a similar case in Cheltenham and Gloucester the Planning Inspector ruled that when releasing land from the Green Belt the "Green value" of the land should be rated and the least Green rated be removed first.
WDC and Coventry City Council have assessed the sites on the edge of Coventry and agreed that they are of a lower Green Belt Value.
Therefore the lower green belt value land should be released for the Local Plan and not Old Milverton land in North Leamington.
The Green Belt has been very effective in preventing Leamington joining with Kenilworth and Warwick. It thus does the job it was designed to do and assist in preventing the area from Wolverhampton to Leamington becoming one metropolis.
The WDC has complied with the duty to work with other local councils (Coventry City). In doing so it has not reacted the information that is included in the Coventry City Local Plan. Cooperating councils should provide housing land close to Coventry. Old Milverton is not close enough to Coventry to support the additional housing needs.
Object
Proposed Modifications January 2016
Representation ID: 70299
Received: 23/04/2016
Respondent: Hazel and Robin Fryer
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Most of the modified submission relates to increasing the number of new houses and proposes building a major housing development in the narrow greenbelt between Kenilworth-Stoneleigh and Coventry. This is contrary to the NPPF requirements in Paragraph 80 "To check the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas." "To prevent neighbouring towns from merging into one another"; therefore the proposed modified Local Plan is unsound.
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