Publication Draft

Comment

Representation ID: 7055

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Warwick and Leamington Green Party

Greater support needed for agricultural industries. Developments must be allowed to stimulate local food economy.
Farmland not merely aesthetic consideration. Farmland is scarce, valuable resource that must be protected for food production. Only allow housing on agricultural land for people who work on land. Restrict change of use of buildings from Agricultural / industrial into residential, and conversion of multiple dwellings into single.
Our rural communities often lack affordable housing, but impossible to impose affordable housing requirement on single developments. Advocates affordable housing levy, based on 10% of development completion value.

Comment

Representation ID: 7056

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Warwick and Leamington Green Party

The 10% renewable requirement must not be reduced purely on grounds of financial viability.reducing our demand for energy and generating the energy we need from renewable sources. CS must encourage development of new renewable generation capacity. Iinclude explicit support for wind turbine developments where sited away from housing and with proven generation capacity. Would also include explicit rights of homeowners to install solar hot water panels and solar photovoltaic panels without planning permission. Stimulate local economy by allowing and supporting investment in renewable energy technology. Council should offer free insulation packages against the value of the house.

Object

Representation ID: 7057

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Warwick and Leamington Green Party

No justification for more shops in Leamington, particularly at Chandos Main reason visitors come here is because Leamington is attractive Regency town. Ambition must be for town centres to have high density housing within 1/2 mile walk of central shops to support vibrant local shopping centres. Should explicitly define town centres and immediate surrounding areas and allow buildings of increased height and mass.

Comment

Representation ID: 7058

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Warwick and Leamington Green Party

Extendi recycling service to all flats and encouraging greater compliance. Changes in EU and national legislation will increase recycling rates further. Why does the strategy quote targets of 40-45% by 2010 and 33% by 2015? Supports composting and recycling target of 80% by 2020.
Stated increase in waste generation not the case and could be reduced further. Should have ambitious targets to reduce waste volumes by at least 25% and increase composting and recycling to at least 80% by 2050. Vital that district doesn't make long term commitment to disposal of non-recyclable waste >15% of current municipal waste.

Object

Representation ID: 7059

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Warwick and Leamington Green Party

Central objection to Core Strategy is that it fails to grasp significance of sustainability and assumes that it is both possible and desirable to maintain economic growth to 2026; not only irrelevant to future well being of residents but deeply destructive. Vision for sustainable communities, sustainable buildings and sustainable waste management. If this is to mean anything must include strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 34% by 2020. Fails to look into future and provide a route map into a low carbon, knowledge based, sustainable society.

Comment

Representation ID: 7060

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Warwick and Leamington Green Party

Protect our historic buildings and green spaces, whilst encouraging exciting new architectural forms and cutting edge low carbon design. Allocate high quality high density housing and employment development in and near our town centres, car free living can then become a reality and we can protect historic environment, green spaces and rural surroundings.
Aware that some incursions into the historic environment of our town will be necessary.
Disallow proposals that clearly harm it. Our historic environment lends itself to promoting a feeling of comfort and safety, a clone town or a ghost town makes people feel less secure.

Comment

Representation ID: 33855

Received: 25/09/2009

Respondent: Warwick and Leamington Green Party

The policy options fail to recognise that Green Belt and Green Field sites on the edge of our towns have immense value and must be protected alongside our parks and gardens.