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I wish to object to the proposed development in Old Milverton and Blackdown contained in Warwick District Council's Preferred Options local plan.
The National Planning Framework ( NPPF ) states that the Government attaches great importance to Grre belts and that the fundemental aim of the Green belt is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open.
The Green belt in Old milverton and Blackdown fulfils the 5 purposes of Greenbelt set out in the NPPF and therefore should remain as open Greenbelt land for ever.
It prevents the unrestricted sprawl of Leamington to the north.
It prevents the merging of Leamington and Kenilworth.
It helps urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land.

There are other sites which can be developed that are not in the Greenbelt, which should be used in preferrence to Greenbelt sites.
The NPFF states that Green belt boundaries should only be altered in exceptional circumstances and as there are alternative sites there are no such circumstances to build on this land.

I believe that the previous plan (the 2009 Core Strategy) is direct evidence that there are alternative areas for development other than the Green Belt and that the" special cicumstances" put forward by Warwick District Council are wrong. This land (not in the Green Belt,) South of Leamington was identified and is still available for development.

I ask you to reconsider your preferred options.