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ID sylw: 106731

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Sue Beard

I object to the C1 new settlement. It will result in loss of prime agricultural land. It is all Green Belt, designed to protect the countryside and prevent merging of towns and villages. Food security is important given climate change and disruptive world events. The proposed settlement would destroy ancient woodland and hedges, and the habitats of many insects and animals. Farmland is an important wildlife corridor. When links are broken, wildlife declines due to lack of breeding partners. Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is concerned by the impacts of large-scale house building.

Water, sewage and electrical infrastructure are struggling and couldn't cope with these proposals. The local train stations are at full capacity, with no plans to increase train numbers or parking levels. Hospitals would be swamped and send residents miles to the next-nearest facility. Highly-rated GP surgeries would be replaced with much larger facilities, resulting in loss of the doctor-patient relationship. Local schools would be overwhelmed. Country lanes and narrow bridges couldn't deal with the extra cars and delivery vans, leading to more bottlenecks and accidents. Lanes in the area flood and concreting over land will make this worse.

There is an estate being built in Hatton opposite the Shell Garage and another one in Barford. There have been difficulties in selling these properties. Why is it necessary to build so many new dwellings in the area? Births and deaths are virtually equal. There are at least 700,000 empty houses, and numerous shops and offices that could be converted.