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I am oposed to the level of deveopment planned for Warwick and the area to the south. I do understand that there is a need for housing develoment and that many first time buyers cannot find affordable housing. The new planned housing is not aimed at these people in the main. The likelihood is that these houses would attract people from urban centres aiming to live in the country while continuing to work in the urban areas. Soon our countryside will also be urban. When road congestion and enviromental concerns are seen as detrimental to the health of the planet you will be adding to both as people commute to work.
How many properties already in existence in towns and cities are unoccpied, what sites could be redeveloped.
Barford is a village with few amenities, no doctors, dentists, library and onlt the village shop manned by volunteers. We have recently had quite a large development of housing to assimilate, The accompanying office devlopment lay largely empty for months, further development will change the villge into a small town. We have witnessed this happen in Wellesbourne, soon we will not be a villge and another bit of our heritage lost forever. There are many houses upfor sale here and have been for months, if the need for housing was so great they would have been snapped up readily.
Traffic through the village at peak times is horrendous, try crossing the road! The increase in traffic is going to make this situation worse and there is no way it can be improved.