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ID sylw: 105994

Derbyniwyd: 02/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bethan Churchill

1. Too much traffic already and no infrastructure to support further housing developments. The development of the University of Warwick Innovation campus, its impact on the A429 along with the proposed gravel extraction site at Wasperton and Barford would themselves increase the volume of traffic to a dangerous and non-acceptable level. Any further housing developments would compound this.

2. Lack of trains and infrequent buses
There is a lack of rail connectivity and buses are infrequent, which exacerbates the traffic issue as people need to drive their cars instead.

3. Not enough amenities - Lack of educational and health facilities. Classes are often already full before booking at The Wellesbourne Sports and Community Centre - there are not enough spaces to accommodate an increase in village population.

4. Wellesbourne is a village and not a town
More development would grossly affect the village status of Wellesbourne. This village status needs protecting. The amount of new housing proposed is disproportionately large compared to the current size of Wellesbourne village.

5. Permanent harm to landscape, farmland and wildlife
Further development detrimentally and permanently impacts the landscape, destroys farmland, putting wildlife at risk. It is unacceptable for huge swathes of countryside to be swallowed up by large-scale developments.

6. Significant increased risk of flooding
More housing significantly increases the risk of flooding, which is already a serious issue as properties in Wellesbourne near the river Dene have flooded in the past.