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Preferred Options
ID sylw: 49780
Derbyniwyd: 09/11/2012
Ymatebydd: Mr D Mackie
This land has great recreational value to the local community.
This land fulfils the 5 purposes of Greenbelt as defined in NPPF.
There are other sites which can be developed that are not in the Green Belt. As such there are no exceptional circumstance to alter the Green Belt boundaries in old milverton and blackdown and allow development on this land.
The planning assumptions on the need for growth at the same level as the 'boom years' need to be questioned.
The potential of this partially developed area needs to be factored in along with the other identified non Green Belt sites.
The proposals will reduce the 'Green Lung' between Leamington and Kenilworth to less than 1.5 miles encouraging the merger of these two towns with the loss of their separate identities.
I am writing to object to the District Council's plan to develop on Green Belt Land as described in the 2012 Proposed Preferred Options plan.
The National Framework requires there to be 'very special circumstances' for development in the Green Belt. It also requires the harm caused to the Green Belt by the development to be outweighed by the benefit of the development. These ' very special circumstances' are not proven in the proposals-
* The Warwick District Council '2009 Core Strategy' has already identified non Green Belt Land suitable for development closer to existing infrastructure and employment opportunities.
* The planning assumptions on the need for growth at the same level as the 'boom years' need to be questioned. The town can thrive and be prosperous making a different set of assumptions and without the large contingency number of houses in the plan.
* The bank of the River Avon north of the River Leam junction has already been defiled by the foundations of uncompleted blocks of flats. The potential of this partially developed area needs to be factored in along with the other identified non Green Belt sites.
The proposals will reduce the 'Green Lung' between Leamington and Kenilworth to less than 1.5 miles encouraging the merger of these two towns with the loss of their separate identities.
The Green Belt to the North of Leamington is heavily used by walkers, cyclists, runners and riders of all ages. This makes a direct contribution to the physical and mental well being of the population, The cost and other benefits of this have not been factored into the equation.
To deprive future generations of this Green Belt land would be unthinkable. We should ponder what sort of town we wish to bequeath to our children and seriously reconsider these proposals.