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I just want to register my disapproval to all of the important measures put down in the latest draft local plan. It is an absolute DISGRACE, for instance, that you are considering building all the houses South of Warwick. Why on earth did you not put housing where the new Morrisons is? Apart from which, it is absolute drivel, as the Warwick Society have proved, for you to say there is a need for all this development. I want to see Warwick, Kenilworth and Leamington thrive as someone who depends on footfall, but I certainly do not want my business to prosper at the expense of the complete destruction of the whole nature of these wonderful towns. You should be ashamed that you have not more integrity to build on what is good, and not try to introduce wholesale unnecessary change.

Similarly with these points raised by Sue Butcher...
* Do you realise that they plan to put traffic lights on Castle Hill roundabout, Myton Road roundabout and the foot of Smith Street?
* Do you realise they plan to create a no right turn from Smith Street into St Nicholas Church Street?
There is absolutely no need for these measures whatsoever.

What you should be looking at is the whole question of parking, and treating it as a means of getting people into our towns to shop, instead of treating it as a cash cow. When retail is totally run into the ground in all our towns and High Streets it will be short-sighted Councils like yours that will be to blame, and you should be ashamed of your lack of a decent strategy.

The point is WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN? The Warwick Society and the Chamber of Commerce have both spoken out as representing large considered bodies of opinion and you appear to totally disregard them. Your consultation will no doubt be shown as the usual travesty. Listen before it is too late.