Testun llawn:
I wish to register my objection to the 'preferred option ' for the local plan.
My main concern is the proposed use of the green belt for building houses and infrastructure.
1 The green belt was imposed to prevent urban scrawl.
2 I was not convinced from Monday night's meeting at Old Milverton
that the violation of the green belt will stay at the outlined plan.
Once violated, it is almost certain that further inroads will be made.
3 A few years ago, 10,000 houses were going to be built not using the
green belt. I do not understand why, with 8,000 houses, it now becomes necessary to infringe on the green belt.
4 In order to build on the green belt, it will be necessary to make
roads and shops to service the new houses. All the large supermarkets are in the south of the town, and another enormous one is being added on the Ford Foundry site. To get there from the north will require a lot of new roads. Alternatively, more supermarkets will have to be built on the green belt. Small shops might be encouraged to be set up in the green belt but the majority of householders will buy their stores at supermarkets. Existing small shopkeepers will benefit from more houses in the south town.
5 Carbon emissions will increase due to more people travelling to the
supermarkets from the Green belt houses.
6 Costs of providing for sewage disposal and water and other services
will be higher from houses in the Green belt
7 In addition to houses and shops, more land will have to be given up
to building relief roads. Apart from the additional noise this will produce, it is unnecessary expense compared to having houses in the south nearer to the shops.
8 Having a relief road close to Old Milverton will help to loose its
feel of the rural village and hasten the time when it is joined up to Leamington.
9 The present green belt land is widely used by many people for
exercise. This facility will go, as will the agricultural produce and wildlife.
10 The railway and M40 are all more accessible from the South of the
town.
11 There are about 1,400 more houses than forecast proposed to be
built. If these were not built the green belt would mbot have to be violated.
12 I can envisage a lot of 'affordable' houses that no-one can afford
and a lot of empty unaffordable houses.
13 The local plan appears to be put forward as a 'fait accompli'.
The District Council offers no alternatives for the public to choose from.
14 I can't therefore see the need for building on the green belt when
there appears to be sufficient brown sites available.