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I am concerned about the following aspects of the plan you have recently put out for consultation:-

1. The infringement for housing development for no good reason other than planning convenience on the Green Belt to the north of Leamington, which in the long term means that the town will become just another suburb of Coventry and logically then be incorporated in the City rather than having any local government autonomy.
2. The lack of any coherent infrastructure or transport planning which fails properly to identify or provide for the private and public transport needs of the proposed new residents. In particular, the following require attention:-
2.1. The likely road traffic patterns, given that the new housing will be occupied by real people rather than model citizens whose activities will comply with what is thought to be best for them
2.2. The encouragement of cycling and walking
2.3. The carbon impact of the development
2.4. The absence of proper facilities for buses
2.5. The inadequacy of the railheads at Leamington, Warwick and Warwick Parkway, all of which now face parking constraints.
2.6. The inappropriate link road between the A452 and the A46 passing through Old Milverton; this is both environmentally destructive and appears to have no proper traffic planning justification.