Publication Draft

Support

Representation ID: 7133

Received: 09/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

Warwickshire CC unreservedly supports the Preferred Option for Waste but points out that the Warwickshire Waste Management Strategy should read the "Warwickshire Municipal Waste Management Strategy".

Object

Representation ID: 7134

Received: 09/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

We feel that the wording around Gypsy and Traveller sites in Section 15 is non committal and is required to be more robust. The criteria based option for gypsy and travellers could make it impossible for a site to be provided especially when consideration is given to noise and nuisance. There is always the possibility of questions being asked as to whether this would be the same for affordable housing of the settled community. It could be difficult to decide on the measurement of this and by whom and this criteria could be challenged in a court of law and potentially found to be unsound. Government guidance is to avoid just a criteria based approach to allocations.

Consideration should also be given to identifying areas of land and acknowledgement given to the fact that this will need to be provided by January 2013.

Comment

Representation ID: 7613

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

The document 'Town Centre Management & Business Improvement District Capacity Building Workshop', used as evidence, is not an impartial piece of research.
Section 6.4 - a non statement with limited robust evidence and research to support this.
Section 6.15 - the wording 'Unique shopping character' is more of a marketing statement. Shops within Warwick are of a lower level than their peers in Leamington. The castle is the main attraction in Warwick and to enable Warwick to develop and expand, other facilities will need to improve, eg additional hotel space, parking facilities and tourism/visitor infrastructure.
Agree with approach to Kenilworth but should refer to proximity to NEC, potential for business tourism and need for improved hotel accommodation.

Comment

Representation ID: 7623

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

In relation to the tourism strategic objective, tourism should also be supported as part of the development of the rural economy. This is highlighted as part of the rural communities strategic objective but for clarity it should also be cross referenced as part of the main tourism preferred option.
Agree that the focus should be on increasing overnight stays and not necessarily on increasing the volume of visitors. The option to protect existing accommodation will therefore help to achieve this objective.

Comment

Representation ID: 7635

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

In line with Government guidance the overall philosophy which the County Council has adopted has been to:

* Minimise travel demand by locating new development close to existing services and facilities;
* Maximise the use of public transport to meet new travel demand for both short and medium/longer distance journeys;
* Maximise the overall number of trips which can be made on foot and by bike;
* Ensure that development does not generate significant numbers of car trips through town centres and villages; and
* Minimise the need for significant new highway infrastructure, unless it is essential to serve or mitigate the impact of development on the transport network.

Support

Representation ID: 7651

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

From a transport perspective, the County Council supports the preferred growth strategy which will:
- Minimise the distances which people need to travel,
- Make best use of the existing bus network,
- Allow easy access to the existing rail network,
- Allow improvements to be made the existing critical mass of transport infrastructure and services within the area. This would be much harder to achieve if the development were to be more widely dispersed across the District; and
- Support the vitality of the two main town centres, and encourage trips to be made to them on foot, by bike or on public transport.

Comment

Representation ID: 7692

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

Focussing growth in this location will:
- Facilitate short trips to the existing employment sites to the south of Warwick and Leamington and minimise through centre traffic;
- Allow good access to Leamington rail station, without impacting on the town centre network;
-Allow longer distance car trips to access the motorway and trunk road network, minimising the impact on the local & town centres road network.
Traffic mitigation measures could include improved bus services, urban cycle network & traffic management; virtual park & ride facilty; bus priority lane & dualling on/of A452; cycle parking at Leamington rail station; and a new linkfrom J14/M40 to C209.

Comment

Representation ID: 7693

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

Focussing growth in this location will:
- Facilitate short trips to the existing employment sites to the south of Warwick and Leamington and minimise through centre traffic;
- Allow good access to Leamington rail station, without impacting on the town centre network;
-Allow longer distance car trips to access the motorway and trunk road network, minimising the impact on the local & town centres road network.
Traffic mitigation measures could include improved bus services, urban cycle network & traffic management; virtual park & ride facilty; bus priority lane & dualling on/of A452; cycle parking at Leamington rail station; and a new linkfrom J14/M40 to C209.

Comment

Representation ID: 7694

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

Focussing growth in this location will:
- Facilitate short trips to the existing employment sites to the south of Warwick and Leamington and minimise through centre traffic;
- Allow good access to Leamington rail station, without impacting on the town centre network;
-Allow longer distance car trips to access the motorway and trunk road network, minimising the impact on the local & town centres road network.
Traffic mitigation measures could include improved bus services, urban cycle network & traffic management; virtual park & ride facilty; bus priority lane & dualling on/of A452; cycle parking at Leamington rail station; and a new linkfrom J14/M40 to C209.

Comment

Representation ID: 7697

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council - Environment & Economy Directorate

Focussing growth in this location will:
- Facilitate short trips to the existing employment sites to the south of Warwick and Leamington and minimise through centre traffic;
- Allow good access to Leamington rail station, without impacting on the town centre network;
-Allow longer distance car trips to access the motorway and trunk road network, minimising the impact on the local & town centres road network.
Traffic mitigation measures could include improved bus services, urban cycle network & traffic management; & cycle parking at Leamington rail station