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ID sylw: 100821

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Miss Sue Harrison

The reasons for designating Green Belt are as valid today as when it was designated. NPPF Chapter 13 attaches great importance to Green Belts. A new development, whether housing or employment, would undermine the purpose of the Green Belt, harm its openness, its permanence and erode separation between Warwick and the West Midlands.

The Arden LCA is internationally-famous for its historical and cultural associations and is an intimate landscape with a strong sense of place. Arden has a special character which forms the primary ancient landscape in Warwickshire, distinguished from later planned countryside elsewhere in the county. The characteristic settlement pattern is dispersed farmsteads and hamlets, in contrast to the rest of Warwickshire. The Warwickshire Landscapes Guidelines state this should be maintained. The importance of the Arden LCA is reflected by SDC’s Special Landscape Areas Study identifying much of Arden as a Special Landscape Area. This designation should be incorporated into the new Local Plan.

The site is also inappropriate for reasons such as lack of infrastructure, loss of productive agricultural land, and loss of countryside. Proximity to stations should not be central to site selection, especially as transport technology will develop in the future. Landscape suitability is more important.