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Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr A Burrows

I disagree with the idea of using the Chiltern Rail corridor for development of a new settlement. The principle of using the rail corridor at this particular location is completely flawed.

This is not a viable public transport option for the majority of occupants of any new homes as areas of employment are not accessible by train.

A large proportion of new residents will be employed at significant distances from Hatton at locations such as Coventry, Northampton, North Birmingham etc., all locations difficult to reach by rail. The idea that residents will use the trains is simply not credible, particularly when many will, by then, have electric non-polluting cars which they will undoubtedly use in preference to diesel trains.

Chiltern Rail will not be able to upgrade the railway line, reschedule trains or re-signal the tracks, due to engineering issues and prohibitive costs.

The new and upgraded Infrastructure that will be required for such a new settlement would have to be on a huge scale and will completely destroy the character of the area. The proposed area for development would be too small for the size of population being proposed and result in far too great a population density. This would result in a population size similar to the town of Kenilworth but in a much smaller geographic area.

The sustainability assessment notes many problems with transport infrastructure but goes on to grade site B1 as Amber. This cannot be correct. The site must be graded Red. This assessment was a desk top exercise only, with no robust tests, which means this is a significant weakness in the proposal.

The proposed local plan has a disproportionate distribution of development across South Warwickshire. Warwick District Council is a quarter of the size of Stratford on Avon DC but is required to take half of the developments.

This proposed new settlement does not accord with the Warwick District Councils aims of a good place to live or with the aims of the Environment Bill.