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The plan, as currently presented, places far too much burden on the south side of Leamington and Warwick. The impact of this huge development will place intolerable strains on the river crossings within both towns. Most traffic will be attempting to get back to the north and east of the towns where the majority of the employment areas are. It is simply unsustainable to continue to develop land in this area when the jobs are elsewhere. The Council's answer, that it is setting aside land to create jobs, has no evidence to support that it actually will create employment. All previous land allocated in these areas for Business use either lays empty, or has been re-designated as housing land (see Chase Meadow). It is time that an holistic view is taken, and not one that denies reality. The centre of Warwick is proposed to be redesigned, from a traffic perspective, to shift huge volumes of additional traffic north-south and vice versa. This will destroy Warwick as a pleasant market town, creating traffic chaos and terrible levels of pollution, affecting the lives of young and old alike. The proposed changes to Smith Street are simply unbelievable. The plan should be torn up and a new one created that balances the needs of new housing with those of the existing communities, and takes into consideration the impact on infrastructure. It should also accept that allocating land for business doesn't automatically create jobs. Warwick isn't a traffic system, it is a community, an historic town and currently a lovely place to live. Let's keep it that way.