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Having been a resident of Leamington Spa for over 60 years I do believe that the current proposal for the construction of 2200 new house will be detrimental to the residents of the town.
On a more general point the town and out of town centres are congested, on most days now it is difficult to access these areas due to the volumes of traffic. The road infrastructure in Leamington is confined by current development and residential roads, for instance, such as Northumberland road are now treated by drivers incoming to Leamington as part of the main road.
The A452 from Ryton is constantly congested at peak times and it's a similar story on the Myton , Radford and Tachbrook Roads. These roads have not changed in my time in Leamington and any further development will just exaggerate the problem.
Specific to the North Leamington Development.
Infrastructure. Traffic—The A452 or Leicester Lane is not coping with the amount of traffic that is currently using it. There is now a constant stream of traffic on this road not just local traffic but also many heavy commercial vehicles. There are constant jams which extend from Sandy Lane island to the island at Westhill. The turning at Telford Ave is a source of vehicle shunts and many near misses . Also on some day I can smell the fumes from this traffic, please don't poison us any more or could we be a LEZ?
We have just had many years of disruption with new gas, sewer and water having been upgraded as it catches up with development add on. Will this have to be upgraded again and at what cost.
Police, Fire Ambulance. We are now reading of all the cuts and reduction in services. Police Headquarters closed, Ambulance merged with Fire service. Aren't we already at breaking point?
Schools Has the county council the resources to provide the extra required, I understand we are also in another baby boon which will stretch existing resources.
This land has always been green belt and this has been maintained over the years, to stop the urban sprawl. With this development, are we not far from merging with Kenilworth?
Is this level of housing needed, there appears to be lots of houses for sale and rent in the local newspaper. Have all the spare areas been developed? What about empty properties?
With the local job market support this amount of people. Will the local council be able to support the 40% of social housing with their needs?.
On all these point I object to green belt development in North Leamington.