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ID sylw: 107399

Derbyniwyd: 03/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Lapworth Parish Council

The Parish Council has strong concerns about the viability of settlement C1 aligning
with the 20-minute neighbourhood policy due to:
• Poor transport infrastructure - no regular bus service, an infrequent, freight based rail service with minimal parking and no north-bound step-free access at the station.
• Narrow, winding roads with high hedgerows and virtually no lighting on many and hardly any pavements.
• The low railway bridge and narrow canal bridges.
• Significant traffic and parking issues.
• Challenges relating to the nearly full Lapworth Primary School.
• The extra burden on healthcare at the already near-capacity Lapworth Surgery.
• The environmental impact (including to heritage sites such as Kingswood Canal
Basin, Harborough Banks Iron Age Hill Fort and a priest tunnel running from Baddesley Clinton to the Manor House). The canal is protected under the Warwick District Canal Conservation Area (Civic Amenities Act of 1967).
• The area already suffers from frequent power cuts and bad flooding - many parts of Kingswood and Lapworth have no sewers or storm drains. There is already a strain on water supplies which is necessitating an upgrade to satisfy current demand. Any significant development in this area will surely require additional extensive works.
• There is no mains gas supply to Lapworth and houses are dependent on oil and electricity (or occasionally gas cannister). The requirement for a new development is air-sourced heat pumps which will place extra demand on the existing power supply.
• Limited local employment.