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Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Christian White

The approach taken in this draft policy is flawed and risks undermining its own objectives due to three critical shortcomings: an overreliance on inadequate or outdated evidence, a failure to meaningfully incorporate community perspectives, and an unrealistic optimism about implementation that ignores practical constraints. These issues collectively render the policy less a blueprint for sustainable development and more a speculative exercise detached from South Warwickshire’s real needs.
In sum, this draft policy’s approach is a house of cards—built on shaky data, propped up by tokenistic consultation, and topped with unrealistic expectations. Rather than addressing South Warwickshire’s pressing needs, it risks becoming a costly distraction, misallocating resources and alienating the very communities it claims to serve. A credible policy would start with rigorous, place-specific evidence, embed residents as active partners, and ground its ambitions in a sober assessment of what’s achievable. Anything less is a disservice to the region’s future.
This proposal contravenes multiple planning policies, lacks essential infrastructure, threatens biodiversity and conservation areas, and risks merging rural villages into unsustainable urban sprawl.