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ID sylw: 100834

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Miss Sue Harrison

I object to site B1 for the following reasons:

The reasons for designating Green Belt are as valid today as they were when it was designated. Chapter 13 of the NPPF attaches great importance to Green Belts. A new development, whether housing or employment, in the Green Belt would undermine the purpose of the Green Belt, harm its openness, its permanence and would erode the 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, and is distinguished from later planned countryside elsewhere in the county. The characteristic settlement pattern is a dispersed pattern of scattered farmsteads and hamlets, in contrast to the rest of Warwickshire. The Warwickshire Landscapes Guidelines (WLG) state that 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. Understanding landscape character is fundamental to planning new development and should form the basis for selecting sites.