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I am writing to object to the planning proposals put forward by Warwick District Council to build on green belt land in the Old Milverton and Blackdown areas of North Leamington.
I have grown up in the area and lived in both North and South Leamington. In the past year my wife and I moved with our young family into Garway Close knowing full well the development of Sir Frank Whittle Gardens was about to commence to build a mix of 58 new properties, and the Castel Froma 78 bedroom residential home. In other words we fully recognise the need to build new homes on the site of the old North Leamington School, making good use of a brown field site.
My family and I enjoy cycling, jogging and walks in this area where my wife and I explain to our children that this is the countryside where things are different from the garden or a walk in town or around our local neighbourhood.
Now I would like to draw your attention to the National Planning Policy Framework section, section 9: Protecting Green Belt Land. There appears to be a number of contradictions between this policy and the councils proposed developments within green belt. I have referred to only two sub-selections.
79. The fundamental aim of Green Belt policy is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open; the essential characteristics of Green Belts are their openness and their permanence.
* The council's proposals would not prevent urban sprawl. It is far more likely to exacerbate the problem as the proposals would consume currently isolated Old Milverton and Blackdown, and take the Northern Leamington Spa 'urban sprawl' a step away from consuming Hill Wotton and migration with Kenilworth.
* The council's proposals will not maintain the characteristics of green belts, their openness or indeed any permanence, it will be gone forever.
83. Once established, Green Belt boundaries should only be altered in exceptional circumstances"
* The council's proposals do not appear to highlight any exceptional circumstances, and previous planning proposals in the South of Leamington were not consuming green belt land.
I would like to reiterate our objections to the proposed planning and look forward to your reconsideration of development within green belt land, given the reason listed above.