Object

Representation ID: 6499

Received: 11/08/2009

Respondent: Edgar George Cousins

Will lose village identity. Building these houses would make us a suburb of Leamington and reduce quality of life and have impact on crime rates.

Object

Representation ID: 6620

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: James Mackay

Strongest objection to excessive house-building on greenfield land south east of Warwick, between it, Leamington, Whitnash and Bishops Tachbrook - would severely damage both town's setting and through traffic generation.
Strongest concern for town's setting from 1,250 houses on land between Europa Way, Gallows Hill and Myton Road - classified as Area of Restraint in 1995 local plan.

Object

Representation ID: 6635

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Mr Owen Fitzpatrick

Object to site west of Europa Way and others south of Leamington:
Area gradually being swamped by development. Warwick and Leamington have separate, distinctive and attractive faces and varying facilities that would be lost if merged. Land provides healthy respite from urban sprawl and is area of restraint. A farce allowing area of 'restraint' if status can be shifted at a whim without regard for public opinion.

Object

Representation ID: 6642

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Mrs Pat Fitzpatrick

Object to site west of Europa Way and others south of Leamington:
Area gradually being swamped by development. Warwick and Leamington have separate, distinctive and attractive faces and varying facilities that would be lost if merged. Land provides healthy respite from urban sprawl and is area of restraint. A farce allowing area of 'restraint' if status can be shifted at a whim without regard for public opinion.

Object

Representation ID: 6653

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Mr Dominic Ashley-Timms

The specific areas I object to are, the housing proposals on:
1) Land at Lower Heathcote Farm, south of Harbury Lane
And also:
2) Land South of Sydenham and east of Whitnash
3) Land at Woodside Farm, north of Harbury Lane, Whitnash
4) Land west of Europa Way, Warwick
My objections are based on the following:
* Large estates lack social cohesion which leads to anti social behaviour and poor education performance. This proposal is the same size as Warwick Gates, Chase Meadow and Hatton Park all put together; what kind of community is likely to be born as a result of this development? Especially as 40% will be social / council housing in an area with poor transport links to the areas that give the most support to the under privileged i.e. the town centres.
* I think that such a number of new homes contradicts the vision that Warwick District Council has, "providing a mix of historic towns and villages set within a rural landscape of open farmland and parklands".

Comment

Representation ID: 6725

Received: 05/11/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Heritage & Culture (Museums)

It would be helpful if there were more explicit reference in the text to retention of local distinctiveness.

Under 18.4 (research) the programme of historic farmsteads characterisation currently being undertaken by Warwickshire Museum as part of a regional initiative will also add to the evidence base.

Support

Representation ID: 6750

Received: 22/09/2009

Respondent: Milverton New Allotments Association Ltd

support

Object

Representation ID: 6880

Received: 09/11/2009

Respondent: Noel Butler

* It is key that the green spaces between the towns of Kenilworth, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick, Whitnash and other areas of the District are preserved and in so doing each town preserves its own identity. You should not underestimate just how important this is to the people of this area.

Object

Representation ID: 6964

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Bishops Tachbrook Parish Council

Built Environment
The Parish Council does not agree that all reasonable options are identified. This part of the document has been written by someone that does not have the slightest idea as to what a high design standard is but think they have. Much of what is constructed in the area is „posh mediocrity‟. There are only a few examples of buildings in WDC that have got anywhere near a design quality that approaches a high level. There is one thing for certain and that is that high quality buildings and environments will not arise from controlling standards imposed on designers from planning authorities. Design requires imagination to solve problems, whether they be planning of layouts, visual impact studies, making things work or setting new trends. Unfortunately, much of what passes for design is little more than a fashion statement with a sell-by date tag firmly applied.
Developers are perhaps the worst offenders. They build what they can sell - not unreasonably perhaps, except that the developer predetermines what will sell and when it sells because the public have to be housed, he interprets that as being the right approach.
Good design is difficult to define. New work certainly has to respect the environment into which it is being inserted, providing that was good in the first place, which it frequently isn‟t. It should derive its form from its function and interplay light and shade, materials, textures, colour and proportions so that the first reaction to it is "that‟s good." It should reflect the era in which it was built and not try to mimic bygone styles however good they are or were. Because good design is difficult to define and „beauty is in the eye of the beholder‟, planning authorities should not presume that they can be the arbiter of taste for the community. Experiment will have to take place as it does in all walks of life and sometimes these will work and sometimes not so well, but competent designers and architects when employed on a project will generally provide something that will please the client, and consultation with informed community groups could well help the design.

Support

Representation ID: 7023

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Norton Lindsey Parish Council

Support.

Comment

Representation ID: 7078

Received: 29/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Trust highlights importance of the natural environment in creating a high quality built environment. Integration of the natural environment in new developments promotes better social health and welfare, provides vital ecosystem services like better air quality, flood alleviation, temperature regulation and increases in property values. The Trust recommends that
policies providing guidelines on new developments should therefore aim to ensure new developments meet the highest requirements in terms of energy efficiency, design and green space provision.

Object

Representation ID: 7220

Received: 01/09/2009

Respondent: Mr Bill Hart

If they (the authorities) wish to cut the 'carbon footprint' surely it would make more sense to build smaller developments closer to areas where there is more work.

Object

Representation ID: 7246

Received: 17/08/2009

Respondent: Ms Rose Harvey

Strongly object to more houses being built in what used to be the lovely little old village of Whitnash.

Object

Representation ID: 7327

Received: 27/08/2009

Respondent: L Burnell

We do not want to become a suburb of Whitnash and Leamington. we want to remain a village with farmland between us.

Object

Representation ID: 7351

Received: 07/09/2009

Respondent: P A Lewis

This area is not an ideal location. We came to live in a village nor the suburbs of a town which is what these new proposals would do to Leamington, Warwick and Whitnash.

Object

Representation ID: 7377

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Mr and Mrs Freeman

Areas of Restraint: Building on areas of restraint may be understandable if low numbers but 4,000 new properties makes mockery of concept. Why were these areas designated in the first place.

Object

Representation ID: 7379

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Mr and Mrs Freeman

Areas of Restraint: Building on areas of restraint may be understandable if low numbers but 4,000 new properties makes mockery of concept. Why were these areas designated in the first place.

Comment

Representation ID: 7478

Received: 25/08/2009

Respondent: Mr D Gaught

Bishops Tachbrook is a village and should remain a village and not lose its status as such.

Object

Representation ID: 7483

Received: 23/09/2009

Respondent: The Occupier

The 4,200 new houses is going to disrupt our perfect village and take away its village status.

Object

Representation ID: 7490

Received: 09/09/2009

Respondent: Adrian Farmer

We moved here for a 'country' feel and you are turning us into a big town. You will force people to move. Anyone with any get up and go will - get up and go. You will make it less attractive for people to move here. We have saved all our lives to buy a nice house in a nice area to give our son a good quality of life.

Object

Representation ID: 7526

Received: 17/09/2009

Respondent: Mr and Mrs A D Hughes

We have lived in Warwick since 1990 and in Warwick Gates since 2000 and it would be criminal to destroy the very character that attracted us here. Please don't do it.

Object

Representation ID: 7545

Received: 21/09/2009

Respondent: Jan Gledhill

Could your department please put more effort into increasing towns and villages uniformly.

Object

Representation ID: 7606

Received: 17/09/2009

Respondent: Mr George Jones

Object

Object

Representation ID: 7618

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Coal Pension Properties Ltd

Agent: Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners

Object

Object

Representation ID: 33594

Received: 23/09/2009

Respondent: Ray Bullen

Much of what is constructed is 'posh mediocrity'. High quality buildings/environments will not arise from controlling standards imposed on designers from planning authorities. Design requires imagination to solve problems. Unfortunately, much is little more than fashion statement with sell-by date. Developers worst offenders. Build what they can sell except developer predetermines what and when will sell -demand supports approach.
Good design difficult to define. New work to respect environment providing good in first place. Should derive form from function and interplay light and shade, materials, textures, colour and proportions. Should reflect era in which built and not mimic bygone styles. Planning authorities should not presume they can be arbiter of taste for community.
Framework must not constrain imaginative process that will develop all attributes of quality design and applications should aspire to high quality design.

Support

Representation ID: 33620

Received: 14/09/2009

Respondent: Radford Semele Parish Council

Statements at 1, 4.6, 16.1, 16.10, 19.3.11 reflect strongly held views of Radford Semele residents that the village must preserve its separate village identity. It currently has the advantage of being close to the urban area for a full range of facilities but maintains its unique character within an attractive landscape.

Object

Representation ID: 33662

Received: 10/09/2009

Respondent: Warwick Town Council

Make an impact assessment of each possible development area on the surrounding residential areas to ensure as an absolute minimum, the maintenance of the quality of life in the surrounding residential areas.

Support

Representation ID: 33694

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Mr T Steele

Agent: Savills (L&P) Ltd

Support

Support

Representation ID: 33739

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Sharba Homes

Agent: PJPlanning

Support

Support

Representation ID: 33778

Received: 28/08/2009

Respondent: Shirley Estates

Agent: Davis Planning Partnership

Need to address poor quality of suburban design.