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I wish to object to building on Green Belt Land in Blackdown and Old Milverton as shown in the 2012 Preferred options Plan.

I have been a resident of north Leamington for 44 years (all my life) and am an active runner, walker and cyclist. The area mentioned above is one of the very few where you can safely get into open countryside and enjoy the fresh air and amenity. A loss of such amenity is surely avoidable given the other areas of non-green belt land available?

Your point about 'sharing the pain' is absurd as it is surely more important that Leamington retains such an area to continue to attract people to the town. My wife having moved constantly with her father's work never left Leamington once she found it in part due to the mix of land, property, town, countryside and people. Please don't destroy one of the last few beautiful areas that my one year old twins love being carried through and in time will cycle and run.

It would be shameful to build here until you have exhausted all alternatives and checked that the number of houses you require is needed !