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This development must not take place. The road from Greys Mallory into Warwick, from the M40 (north & south) & local traffic, is most impressive, through undulating country, crossing watercourses and woodland around Castle Park so that almost the first thing that the tourist visitor sees is the bridge over the Avon and the views of Warwick Castle. That is the Warwick Wow Factor and attracts a constant stream of photographers. The approach depends on views across the countryside, which this year, were particularly spectacular with many of the fields in flower with Oil Seed Rape. To cover this with 1600 houses is wrong. It is part of the Castle approaches.
Tourism is a large part of our local economy that WDC is trying to promote and destroying this route in would be completely counterproductive.
The proposed Green wedge, an excellent move, will protect the Tachbrook valley up to Europa Way. Why destroy it at the point where it approaches New Waters put a mass of housing between it and Castle Park.
Additional traffic from 1600 homes plus employment on a road system that is struggling now does not bode well for traffic flows whatever traffic flow models say.
The pollution risk to the Tachbrook, that crosses the land from east to west, feeding into New Waters that drains into the Avon, is unacceptable.
The farming land is Grade 2 agricultural land. Demand for land of this quality for food production is rising, which just for reduction of food miles alone, is an environmental imperative.