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The Greenbelt Development Objection

I am writing to you about the proposed development on green belt land. We understand there is a need for housing but it is unsustainable for this development to take place for the following reasons.
Green belt is in place to stop urban sprawl, if the development takes place it will contradict primary use of green belt land and will lead to Leamington Spa and Kenilworth merging. As a result of the towns merging into each other they will lose their individuality.
Also the infrastructure in place at the moment cannot take the strain from the development taking place it would need more land and more investment, with the North Leamington Relief Road costing approximately £28 million all the money which could have been used for much needed public investment.
Warwick District Council has not given the appropriate exceptional circumstances that are required to build on green belt land under the National Planning policy framework, which state that local plans must accord with the NPPFs principles such as "insufficient suitable and available sites outside the greenbelt". However this is not the case as there is derelict housing around some of the areas listed. Also the council located land east of the A452 & south of Heathcote but these are not included in the Preferred Options sites.
The Preferred Options policy of "Distributing development around the district" Is not a policy found anywhere in NPPF. However the NPPF clearly does state that one purpose of Greenbelt protection is to prevent urban sprawl, but the Preferred Options document actually encourages urban sprawl.
The area in North Leamington which is a proposed land for development in important to the local community because it is one of the few open spaces in the area that people are free to exercise and take part in other recreational activities such as dog walking. The area is important because it is home to many animals which will lose their habitat if the development were to take place. Losing the area would mean people wouldn't have an area they could cycle, walk or jog in, this effects all the people not just in the immediate area but surrounding ones that use this area. With the destruction of this area it will lead to people having a depleted healthy lifestyle and will lead to the lessening of people's happiness therefore leading to the lowering of people's quality of life.