Publication Draft

Support

Representation ID: 66536

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

We support these proposals.

Object

Representation ID: 66537

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

We suggest Paragraph 5.11 (bullet point 3) should not say 'taking into account the Garden Towns prospectus' as this suggests that only Garden Town type layouts will be given consent. We suggest the wording might be: 'identify design principles for the development proposed taking account of any supplementary planning guidance produced by the District Council'.

Object

Representation ID: 66538

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

the wording in BE2 (d) (and 5.13) which says 'design principles, taking account of the Garden Towns, Villages and Suburbs Prospectus and Buildings for Life 12;' should instead read ' design principles, taking account of any supplementary planning guidance produced by the District Council'

Support

Representation ID: 66539

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

We support paragraph 5.18 which acknowledges that high density housing may be appropriate for town centre or similar sites.

Support

Representation ID: 66544

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

Proposed Policies TR1 - TR6 (Transport)
We support these proposals. However we do have some comments:
We support the proposals in the Sustainable Transport Technical Note (Appendix D of the Strategic Transport Assessment Stage 4), particularly the mention of the proposed Kenilworth to Leamington cycle route (K2L), though we do not agree that 'the cycle network within the Warwick and Leamington area is reasonably well developed' - we believe that it could be considerably improved. There should be the aim to provide exemplary cycle and walking routes within and near to all new developments in order to maximise cycling and walking in those areas. Links to all town centres and railway stations are particularly important.

Support

Representation ID: 66545

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

We support the proposal that the southern Park and Ride will serve both Warwick and Leamington. However we suggest that the detailed design will be very important, so that the facility does not have a major effect on the openness of the countryside, and should not include floodlighting (see also below).

Object

Representation ID: 66547

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The proposed northern park and ride could be more controversial - there are very few, if any, locations where it would not have a serious impact on the landscape quality of the area.

Support

Representation ID: 66550

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

We support these proposals.

Object

Representation ID: 66552

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

needs to be refined to ensure that when new sports or community facilities are proposed on green field sites, planning consent is not granted for floodlighting, and that new facilities are not granted consent in 'areas of tranquility'.
Floodlighting can have a major effect on the openness of the countryside, both during the day and at night. Light pollution from floodlighting at existing facilities is a serious problem already in the district and it can for example have serious effects on wildlife and ecology, as well as affecting the quality of life for people who live nearby. We would refer you to the CPRE's 'Dark Skies' campaign, the fact that light pollution can be a statutory nuisance under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (2005), and particularly that the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) Planning Practice Guidance (paragraph 125) says: ' By encouraging good design, planning policies and decisions
should limit the impact of light pollution from artificial light on local amenity, intrinsically dark landscapes and nature conservation.'
NPPF Planning Practice Guidance (paragraph 123) also says: 'Planning policies and decisions should aim to: .. identify and protect areas of tranquillity which have remained relatively undisturbed by noise and are prized for their recreational and amenity value for this reason.'

Support

Representation ID: 66554

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Number of people: 4

We support these proposals, except for the financial viability proposals in proposed policy CC3.