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Derbyniwyd: 16/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Haydn Cooper

I write in response to the Local Plan consultation and specifically to comment on proposed settlement X1, X2 and growth areas SG09 and SG10.
The proposals are in the wrong place for a number of reasons:
1. X1 and SG09 and SG10 It would be the first major development south of the M40 - which has acted as a correct boundary for Warwick urban sprawl and new development. Over time Warwick/Leamington development has merged the towns together and marched eastward towards Bishops Tachbrook. The proposed settlement X2 plus employment growth would further expand development around Bishops Tachbrook. The councils should not want to see this development spread south of the M40 boundary.

2.The roads of Wasperton Lane and Hareway Lane are single carriageway rural roads and would have to be widened, completely changing the local character and removing dozens of mature / ancient trees in the process.

3.Traffic entering Barford would increase tremendously and overwhelm the village from Wasperton Lane and Hareway Lane.

4.There are no existing train stations nearby and existing public transport infrastructure is non-existent.

5.Should it go ahead, the undeveloped gap between X1 and Barford would inevitably be filled in over time leading to a new mass urban area. If we look at Warwick / Leamington we can see evidence of this happening before.

6.The land has several shallow valleys and is patch worked with woods and spinneys including ancient trees. Local wildlife traverses from copse to wood etc and this would not be possible with thousands of houses there instead.

7.These valleys already have flooding problems from surface water drainage which would worsen with tarmac and developed surfaces preventing percolation

8. Proposals also exist for development north of Wellesbourne, Warwick University Wellesbourne campus expansion and a quarry outside Barford. These together would change this gateway to the Cotswolds for ever and be over development of this area.

9.This area around Barford is rural and picturesque and the gateway to the Cotswolds. Mass development here would ruin that for ever.

In conclusion X1, SG09 and SG10 are proposed in the wrong places and should not be permitted or on the shortlist in the local plan.