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ID sylw: 105962

Derbyniwyd: 19/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Robert Birkmyre

HELAS PLAN - RESPONSE - Ref: ID: 569

We strongly oppose the proposal that the area designated by ID: 569 be considered as a suitable area for development for many practical reasons:

The HELAS considerably underestimates how unsuitable this site is for development.
The flood risk is very considerable as large areas are known to have flooded over many years. The ground is very wet all year round as walkers will tell you.
There is a complete lack of infrastructure to support it.
Access to the area from any direction is very restricted. Existing roads are very narrow and in some cases bounded by listed buildings. HS2 forms another huge barrier. The river poses another significant problem and often floods.
The area forms a green belt barrier between the heavily populated regions of Leamington Spa and Coventry.
This green belt site is important to wildlife. Development would completely restrict the need that wildlife has for diversity to survive. Wildlife green corridors would be decimated.

It would appear that the sheer cost of creating the development would negate the profit which must be made to making building viable.

Since you have discounted a dispersed development model for this area, we would request that this be site removed from the plan for the above reasons.