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I understand that the fundamental aim of the Government's Greenbelt policy as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open. This is entirely in line with the green policies that both parties in the coalition committed to in their manifestos. For this reason I am copying this letter to my Conservative MP Mr Chris White and to
Mr Jeremy Wright Kenilworth MP. I have also copied this to Eric Pickles Secretary of State.

* The Government's National Planning Policy Framework requires there to be "very special circumstances." I understand that according to Warwick District Council the special circumstances are that there is nowhere else for the homes to be built.

I trust his view has been arrived at with a high degree of care, research and due diligence as it is not a view shared by many organisations and open to challenge. I expect Warwick district council will be challenged on this and would also expect government ministers to look dispassionately at the evidence as to why more brown land cannot be built over minimising the loss to the environment. Perhaps more imagination is required and for an audit of alternatives not only of financial but also of environmental costs.
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Warwick District Council has added nearly 1400 homes to the number that it anticipates will be required so as to include a "buffer" in the forecasts. If this "buffer" is removed from the forecast there would be no need to include the land at Old Milverton and Blackdown in the proposals. Again the evidence for and the thinking behind the need for a buffer zone need to be examined carefully.
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The proposed new roads will also have a substantial cost i.e. £28,000,000 . They will also have detrimental effect on the environment and also to the quality of life of residents in Leamington and Kenilworth. This again challenges one of Mr Cameron's ideas about happiness as well as financial prosperity being something about which the government are seriously concerned.

I trust that the council and the relevant parliamentary representatives and government ministers will look again at these proposals