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Having recently objected to the previous core strategy preferred options, especially on the
Land South of Sydenham and East of Whitnash, I am now horrified at the scale of the alternative site being put forward for this area, which is to include the rebuilding of Campion School.

This amount of building on this Greenfield site would have a devastating effect on the local area, Whitnash in particular. The traffic around Whitnash Road, Golf Lane and Fieldgate Lane would be increased dramatically with parents dropping off their children to walk through to the new Campion School Site. According to the meeting held on 7th April, Church Lane is to be a pedestrian and cycle access route only too, but I wonder how you propose to prevent the traffic from using this lane as a cut through into Whitnash, as there needs to be access to the farms and stables past the brook itself. A lot of walkers and dog owners use the bridle path and I feel this would become a very dangerous walk if these houses are built.

The traffic along Whitnash Road has already escalated over the past number of years and will be increased even more if this development goes ahead. The roads in and around Whitnash will not be able to cope with yet more cars passing through. Traffic around the Asda/Campion island will be expansive as it will be the major route into the estate.

With all of these extra houses, there will be extra strain on Whitnash's Primary Schools which are already being stretches by the previous Warwick Gates development. Utilities will be put under more pressure such as, Policing, Doctors and Dentists. Wildlife and the local
Countryside will be greatly distrupted and effected, especially along the brook where birds,
Insects, fish, badgers and foxes occupy the hedges, bushes, tress, water and land. It is unrealistic to think this development will not have an impact on the wildlife in this area. This area has given pleasure to the local community for many, many years and it is unjust that it would be spoilt and lost within this build. In a society that is encouraging people to exercise more for their health, we should be preserving these areas, not taking them away.
Over recent years, the flooding from the brook has worsened, and at the meeting it was stated that the Department of the Environment would not allow the brook to be cleared as it wants the fields surrounding it to flood. How then, can houses possibly be built near and around this brook! The houses when built, would only add to the flooding problems as all the rain would run off their blocked paved driveways down towards the brook instead of being soaked into the soil of the farmers fields.

Therefore, I am totally opposed to this alternative site option.