Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries

Object

Representation ID: 61768

Received: 17/01/2014

Respondent: Radford Semele Parish Council

Object due to traffic issues:

-Traffic at this central point in the village on the A425 Southam Road is heavy in the morning and evening peak periods.
-These traffic flows will increase from Southam and surrounding villages as Stratford District housing plans are implemented. Access onto Southam Road from Offchurch Lane, School Lane, Church Lane and White Lion Public House intersect at this location. The additional traffic generated can only add to the complexity and hazard.
-Traffic solutions of introducing traffic island or lights would change the rural character of Southam Road in the vicinity of Manor House/White Lion/Church Lane.

Object

Representation ID: 63179

Received: 17/01/2014

Respondent: Radford Semele Parish Council

-Residents have a long association with the church/churchyard. The beauty of this location will be lost forever.
-Resources have been committed to tree planting to enhance the visual surrounding of the site, should the development be approved these would disappear from view.
-Potential archaeological remains associated with the Civil War.
-Land has been cultivated to a high standard with various crops and contributes to market production thus jobs, tax and reduced imports.
-Development will be incongruous in setting of listed buildings. The ribbon properties north of Offchurch Lane are not a natural fit with the proposed mixed housing development.

Support

Representation ID: 63185

Received: 17/01/2014

Respondent: Radford Semele Parish Council

Support the discounting of Site 4 as:
-Protection from merging with Leamington Spa is vital to preserving the future separate identity of the village and protecting valuable agricultural land and wildlife to the south and west.
-School Lane is narrow and has no possibility of being widened.
-School Lane/Southam Road would need traffic lights resulting in tail backs, adding further to the congestion at school pickup/drop off. Residents from The Gardens/School Lane/Hamilton Road make every effort to avoid exiting though School Lane.
-Heavy construction traffic and future increased traffic in School Lane would be a perpetual hazard for school children.

Object

Representation ID: 63186

Received: 17/01/2014

Respondent: Radford Semele Parish Council

Site 3 has the following points in its favour:
-Access to/from Southam Road is in part of the village where the road can be modified without traffic impact.
-The impact on neighbouring properties is reduced to a small number of residents.
-Access to village facilities is near than from Site 1 and equidistant from school.
-Retention of trees bordering Southam Road would quickly integrate the site.
-Land is not cultivated or considered suitable for cultivation.
-Objection raised regarding insufficient vehicles access are less compelling that the problems accepted by WDC as soluble for Site 1.