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ID sylw: 106603

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Rachel Norton

Already there is planned development on the University campus north of Wellesbourne, which will affect the A429 main trunk road; the road was recently blocked in both directions for miles preventing access by emergency services, and the other roads in and around the village were gridlocked. The current volume of daily traffic is substantial and often travelling at speed through the village.
Further development will severely and negatively impact the village. The local primary school is at or above capacity, and there is limited and often unreliable public transport. There is no additional capacity on roads.
Recently, hospital provision for the current populace was under great strain.
Good graded agricultural land once developed will be lost, with the consequent risk to food production and national food security. The low lying land can be subject to flooding.
Water supply and discharge are hugely concerning. Often the taste of drinking water is unpalatable and I resort to bottled water; and water treatment works are overwhelmed, damaging water courses.
Wellesbourne has been extensively developed over several decades, already providing much housing for the area. The characteristics of new housing developments, with associated street lighting, is an upsetting visual disturbance across a rural landscape. Access to countryside for pedestrians, cyclists and riders for recreational and health benefits is already limited. Any further development, particularly adjacent to Walton Road (almost a single track at this point), would impinge on walking routes, thus increasing traffic volume in order to access open or natural resources for exercise or pleasure.