Testun llawn:
I am writing to formally object to the planning proposals set out in the following development proposals for Baginton Village.
I will try to describe within this letter what I believe are compelling reasons not to over develop the area in and around the Village of Baginton, and in particular the following three developments proposed namely:
1. The Gateway Project
2. The proposed 80-90 houses
3. The Gypsy & Traveller site
I believe all three developments are non-beneficial for the village of Baginton, I hereby ask the WDC to reconsider the proposals based on my comments below:
1. The Gateway Project
I am formally against the gateway project.
I am astonished at the way this project proposal has been manipulated and do not feel happy with the process that it has undergone in order to reach a state of "go ahead", however I will again list this time in brief why I feel this project should not go ahead.
I believe that the gateway project is an unsustainable development of precious green belt, the proposal being supported by little or no circumstance \ evidence that make it a more appropriate site than the many others suggested, the sheer scale of the proposed development is both out of character and destructive to the local area,
All Industrial sites will in the future need modernising perhaps even demolishing; when has this ever been the case with green belt and wildlife, the presence of green belt and wildlife is quite literally timeless.
2. The proposed 80-90 houses
I am formally against the proposed development of 80 - 90 houses in Baginton.
I understand that the Paris Councils "Housing Needs Survey" discovered that the residents thought that a maximum of 20 New houses should be the maximum; 80 - 90 houses in Baginton is too much for the village to be expected to accommodate and is a disproportionate growth of the village.
Surely the village has some say in how it is developed; it would appear that WDC are not considering its Baginton Parish Councils needs and ultimately its parishioners; instead I suspect they consider the development of an outlying village is of little or no consequence. I hope this isn't the case and would like to see more care being taken of our precious greenbelt with these proposals being tempered to acceptable levels or rejected outright.
3. The Gypsy & Traveller site
I am formally against the development of the Gypsy & Traveller site.
As I have already stated the development of green belt should be avoided where ever possible, to this end the inclusion of a traveller site cannot be allowed to go ahead within Baginton, the loss of the greenbelt and the associated negative effects listed in the consultation documents must be taken into account and an alternative site chosen.
I understand that several traveller sites already exist in close proximity to the ones proposed at Baginton - Siskin drive, Brandon lane and Oxford road. Surely this does not satisfy the Local Plan Strategy of "distributing development across the district" .
Baginton is a village as such it is not serviced as other larger populations are, the availability of doctors, schools, hospitals and public transport are all just adequate, stretching them further would not help anyone receiving these services.
I believe the two sites proposed to the south of Warwick District are preferable options compared with the two in Baginton, they are away from the greenbelt and have better capacity for the amenities required.
I urge Warwick council to reject the planning proposals mentioned above; Baginton is a beautiful village with buildings listed in the doomsday book, including listed buildings, an ancient monument, the remains of a Roman fort and a defined conservation area. These features must be considered in terms of proximity to the proposed developments. We rely on our council to temper these developments and ensure that they manage with a long term view.