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ID sylw: 107636

Derbyniwyd: 27/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Elaine MErrygold

Sites 181 and 364 Land South of M40 Junction 15, Longbridge, Warwick
My initial concerns were over the sites REFID 181 and 364. Site 181 covers two fields, spanning the A429 south of the M40 J15 with Proposed Use of Commercial / Industrial / Employment. I had previously seen developer’s plan for the field to the left (west) of the A429 bounded by Watery Lane where I live which showed details of large warehouses and a few smaller units and a logistics park. This would be unacceptable for a number of reasons:
1) This would have put giant warehouses immediately opposite my and a few other houses which currently enjoy an open aspect and by their nature would involve noisy HGV movements 24 hours a day and would add unwanted lighting overnight.
2) This would have completely changed the rural nature of living in Sherbourne village with the warehouses dominating the landscape.
3) The site is in Flood Zone 3 and floods every winter (I can provide photographic evidence if required) and the additional runoff from warehouse roofs and all the associated tarmac would exacerbate this considerably.
4) I doubt that County Highways or National Highways would approve HGV access into the site from the A429 as this be with about 250 metres of the motorway junction and would inevitably cause problems with A429 traffic flow, which is bad enough already.
I was pleased to hear that while these two sites still show on the interactive map, they have been ‘Sifted Out’ and therefore I assume won’t be included in the SWLP – presumably for a combination of 3 and 4 above among other issues.
This left me being concerned about the two other Sherbourne sites showing on the map – 196 and 201.