Testun llawn:
In my opinion the Council has not considered the long view, i.e. the housing and infrastructure needs by the middle of this century. In 1500 London was the size in area and population of Leamington and Warwick combined, at most. It now covers 609 sq. miles and it is home to 8 million people. Birmingham may well join to Coventry and Coventry to Leamington by the mid century and most certainly by the end. Any interval of open land, parks, allotments, tennis courts, cricket pitches, large town gardens is a godsend in any large conurbation. The Georgian and Victorian town square gardens in London or Houseman's in Paris or the intervals of open space in Georgian Bath make them 'walkable' cities. The overall plan could look at developing land to the South and over the next few decades we could see the re-establishment of the rail link to Rugby and a motorway link between M40 and the M1 skirting Southam, which may, in 50 years, be a suburb of Birmingham.!!! In conclusion a long term plan for urban development in the direction of Rugby via Radford and Southam would help to retain some open green space between Coventry and Leamington Spa, for which your great grand children would thank you as I do thank the Town Planners of previous generations for their sanctuaries of open spaces. Any one for tennis?