Testun llawn:
In your review you rightly identify that housing and "its quality, affordability and availability are crucial for a good quality of life". Therefore your plans should not jeopardise that for existing residents. New homes should not come at the cost of potentially depreciating and/or making less appealing others as a result, and my concern is that your proposals of so many houses will change the dynamics of the area. The standard of housing and facilities, particularly on Warwick Gates, is one of the things that appeals to myself and my family - and which brought us to the area from Bristol. If you "dilute" that feel by introducing more affordable and smaller houses will that not change the "feel" of Warwick Gates and its surrounding community? I do not think enough has been done to date to consider the potential negative impacts such developments will have on the Warwick Gates community as a whole, i.e. with schools and catchment areas, and the general ambiance of the area.
A lot of people have resided on Warwick Gates to be within the catchment area of good schools such as Myton. Will these proposals effect the catchment boundaries, forcing existing residents out of Warwick Gates to be within catchment area?Will this then de-value other properties in the Warwick Gates area, if it becomes not such a sought after place to live? Will it lose its appeal as being a family oriented society?
The issue of schooling does not seem to have been addressed in any detail in your proposals, but this must be carefully considered. Any new proposed sites should have its own schools built thus not having any detrimental effect on the existing arrangements.
The other issue to consider is the policing arrangements for the area - what with Warwickshire force making a series of redundancies. Will they have sufficient resource to cover these additional proposed areas?