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My partner and I recently moved to Hampton Magna and chose to do so based on the village's suitability for our current and long-term future circumstances. As it stands, the village provides a rare community feel with a good school, good access and a peaceful semi-rural location. I strongly feel that Hampton Magna works as well as it does for its community mainly because of its current size and this is a very worrying oversight in the proposed plan.

In my opinion as a resident, the parish council have very valid concerns about the negative impact additional housing here would have on all of the above factors. Resources of Budbrooke Primary and routes into and out of the village would be put under significant strain, diluting the strong position of the village a whole. Additionally and of no less concern is the ruining of yet more green belt land. The wider Warwick area is already set to suffer huge green belt losses in the coming 15 years due to HS2. It seems thoroughly nonsensical (as well as frankly just sad and very worrying) to increase this loss and the damage to the area when less damaging alternatives exist.

It is my personal feeling that development would be better strategically placed further towards the Warwick-Leamington border area, where education, leisure, retail and access needs would be even better served. These are key concerns for any development, but particularly for those where such a significant proportion is affordable housing for those in less affluent positions.

I sincerely hope the huge losses the wider area could suffer by the inclusion of Hampton Magna in the plan will be considered against the greater benefits other areas could bring to the council's area as a whole.