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I would like to protest in the strongest terms possible, the intention to build in the area of Blackdown and Old Miverton.
The intended area has long been prime agricultural land but also has provided an area of open space for the North Leamington community to enjoy recreationally.

I have an allotment that opens out to this land, I see many many families walking along the foot paths in this area. I see joggers and cyclists. I am often very surprised at the high numbers of people that use the land in harmony with the farms that grow the crops in the same area. This symbiosis has existed in this area over generations of my family from my great grandfather, grandfather and father who also had allotments near to where mine is today.

This green belt land has for many years stood as a boundary to Leamington maintaining and preventing the sprawl and eventual merger of villages and towns, Old Milverton and Kenilworth in this case.
I understand that new home must be built but there is land available else ware that is not green belt. Developers if forced to could become far more imaginative in the use of many spaces within Leamington that could be developed. As an example why do we need yet another supermarket (Morrisons) if living space is a premium.

There are many empty industrial buildings and spaces in and around Leamington that should be considered for development. It is only when every single piece of land that could be developed has been that green belt should then be considered. I believe this a long way off.

I do not acknowledge any special circumstances that allows the disgraceful destruction of this beautiful open recreational and agricultural land.
I implore you, my council, to prevent this madness from occurring.