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ID sylw: 105993

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Stephen Copley

1) The remote rural nature of the F2 and F3 locations and the limited employment opportunities in the area will result in significant traffic flows as people would look northwards to Coventry and Birmingham for employment opportunities. The currently limited infrastructure in the area to meet medical social and educational needs also generate significant traffic flows unless major investment in infrastructure was undertaken in advance of any housebuilding activity.
2) Whilst the transport assessment for F3 is red, F2 is given as Amber and I would argue that this should also be red. The proposed F2 development would rely upon the road through Bishop Itchington to the M40 - the likely main commute route for employed residents, this road is already under pressure due to housing development in the village, with calming measures being required due to traffic volumes
A further transport limitation is the lack of railway transport, whilst a rail line runs close to the two sites there is no station and the proximity to stations at Leamington (7 miles) and Banbury (10 miles) means that a new station would be uneconomic, this would result in additional traffic flows compared to sites not so rurally situated.
3) Flooding has been an ongoing issue in and adjacent to the F2 location in Ladbroke where houses have been subject to flood, at the junction of the Ladbroke and Deppers Bridge road which becomes impassable with sustained heavy rainfall and on the road between Bishops Itchington and Ladbroke at the railway bridge.
4) The rural nature of these sites results in there being limited employment opportunities in the locality - limited to Southam and local farm based businesses, with major employers being to the north of in Coventry and Birmingham. New settlements in F2/F3 locations would not meet the strategic objectives of the Council in this respect.

5) Given the rural nature of the F2/F3 locations strategic objectives with regard to increasing biodiversity clearly cannot be met as the natural environment would be destroyed. The boundary of the F2 site abuts the Ladbroke conservation area with its Grade I church very close to the development area and Grade II houses adjacent to the village roads. The proximity of the F2 development and the traffic generated would seriously impact the local environment.