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I strongly object to the proposed plan to build 1980 houses on green belt to the north of Leamington Spa, for the following reasons.

Whilst accepting that there is a need to plan future house building in this area, the current proposal is for a large number of new houses which would drastically reduce the already short distance between Kenilworth, Miliverton and Leamington Spa. Planners must avoid merging the towns of Leamington Spa and Kenilworth. The Leamington and Warwick boundary already merge in several areas with consequential regular traffic problems.

There is already severe delay and regular congestion on the A452 Kenilworth to Leamington Spa road. Another imposed large housing development of a 'small town' will exacerbate this
gridlock. The proposed major new road (at enormous cost at a time of current severe economic restraints) would add to current heavy traffic queues in both Kenilworth and Leamington.

The plan must incorporate a change of infrastructure with ready links to the M40, at the lowest cost.

Green belt must be the last land resource considered for mass housing development. Land south of Leamington is not green belt and was previously identified by the Council for development in an earlier plan. The Council has not provided any exceptional circumstances to justify the sacrifice of green belt land in the current housing development plan; this is necessary to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework. Clearly, the National Planning Policy Framework is being violated. This must not be permitted to occur.

I trust my very strong objections will not be ignored.