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Object

Preferred Options

PO1: Preferred Level of Growth

Representation ID: 47926

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

Oppose level of growth of 555 dwgs/yr.
Scale of development and extent of urbanisation would undermine pattern of towns and countryside. Departs from policy of strict control of urban expansion.
Harmful to historic inner parts of Warwick and Leamington and subject to heavy traffic volumes.
Character and quality of life threatened unless housing growth lower and mainly windfall.
100 houses in five villages would damage rural character and unbalance structure.

Object

Preferred Options

PO3: Broad Location of Growth

Representation ID: 47927

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

No direction of growth or focus on broad locations proposed. Contrary to previous Structure and Local Plans which protected green belt and identified key locations, ensuring urban land was re-used and villages accepted limited housing.
No clear reason given for change from past Local Plans, which have been successful.
Windfalls historically high and no reason to depart from encouraging these practices.

Object

Preferred Options

PO4: Distribution of Sites for Housing

Representation ID: 47928

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

Oppose proposals for greenfield and green belt sites that would not have been acceptable in previous Local Plans. This would mean release of land from the green belt and would affect historic landscapes.

Object

Preferred Options

South of Gallows Hill/ West of Europa Way, Warwick

Representation ID: 47929

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

South of Gallows Hill:
harms setting of Castle Park and approach to Warwick
West of A452 Kenilworth Road:
Green belt and essential part of open countryside separating Kenilworth and Leamington
Blackdown: open countryside which would reduce separation between Kenilworth and Leamington
Red House Farm:
green belt visible from south-east
Loes Farm:
extends Woodloes estate into green belt and undermines control to north of Warwick
100 houses in each of 5 villages:
Villages should be able to determine own figure
350 houses in smaller villages:
No basis for this figure. Should be 5-10
South Sydenham:
too large
West Europa Way:
high-grade farmlandand green wedge
Thickthorn:
Size needs to be reduced and only considered when brownfield sites developed.


Support

Preferred Options

PO5: Affordable Housing

Representation ID: 47930

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

Support for policy of 40% affordable housing which is carried forward from the 2007 Local Plan but opposed to private sector developments in villages to fund affordable housing. Affordable housing should be permitted in villages only following sound assessment of local need and not bring with it market housing to provide the funding.

Support

Preferred Options

PO7: Gypsies & Travellers

Representation ID: 47931

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

Support for finding official siote. Number sot be accommodated need reassessment against new policies.
Some gypsies have property elsewhere and do not need to live in caravans.
Propose existing site at Siskin Drive enlarged or resited in Middlemarch employment area, so that part meets needs of Warwick District.

Object

Preferred Options

PO8: Economy

Representation ID: 47935

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

Oppose provision of employment land north of Leamington on green belt.
No need for major new employment land. Surplus land and buildings in towns come onto market continuously and can be re-used without need to allocate greenfield.
No shortage of employment land. In recession with economic difficulties meaning employment land becomes surplus, loss of existing sites of housing is more of a problem than any lack of greenfield sites.
North of Leamington would be unsuitable:
Outside town centres
Traffic generation
Transport routes are to south
Gateway site: No justification and would compete with areas on boundaries with other districts.

Support

Preferred Options

11. Historic Environment

Representation ID: 47936

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

(2007) Local Plan contains clear policies to guide conservation and decisions on developments that affect Conservation Areas.
Policies should be generally carried forward, without any simplication (which can cause ambiguity).
Policy to make the lengths of the Grand Union Canal and Stratford Canal in Warwick District into Conservation Areas is needed. Other Districts with extensive lengths of canal have created linear conservation areas.

Object

Preferred Options

14. Transport

Representation ID: 47937

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

The proposed new road links and road widenings in the Preferred Options would be harmful to the Green Belt and tend to encourage more car traffic. That would create unsustainable patterns of movement and increased car depenency.
By contrast the proposals for the bus network are thin. They focus on Park & Ride provision which is not of importance to residents of the towns.

Object

Preferred Options

16. Green Belt

Representation ID: 47938

Received: 03/08/2012

Respondent: CPRE WARWICKSHIRE

Representation Summary:

The Preferred Options would require major removal of land from the Green Belt for urban development.
It would also require the removal of 'washed-over' status of some smaller villages which are currently covered by Green Belt designation.
The very special circumstances required to be demonstrated if Green Belt land is to be released for building have not been shown to be justified.

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