Testun llawn:
myself and my wife (copied) are writing to you to object to the "Local Plan" and in fact to express our level of amazement that anyone could consider these proposals as in any way fair to the local community, or sensible in line with the needs and rights of current, or indeed future, residents of Warwick and its surrounding area.
It is clear that, as a country, we require more and better housing, However that does not mean destroying the character and environment of Warwick is the way to achieve this.
We have several key objections to which the information we have read so far appears to have no answers;
1. All of the developments proposed rely on car as transport, which flies in the face of all supposed principles that govern new developments and the needs of all of us to reduce costs and energy consumption. The centre of Warwick is already highly congested and illegally polluted at peak times. The fact that we have but one bridge across the river in Warwick, means that any development can only dramatically worsen this state of affairs. Has anyone even reviewed this, and if so what are the findings ?
2. The development of green land rather than brown land seems, again, to make no sense. Across the county and district, there must be better options (which perhaps do not fit so conveniently into the demands of the housebuilders?).
3. The numbers of houses planned are way in excess of estimated demand - this appears to be on the same principles of the mass proposed building in Stratford-upon-Avon - a case of "people want to live here, so let's build here rather than somewhere that has the infrastructure and ability to support such an influx of homes and people".
4. Environmentally, it currently does not take much heavy rain to flood Warwick and surrounding roads. How will this be improved by concreting over large swathes of green land nearby ?
5. Warwick has, despite current congestion, a town centre that is thriving and bustling, Turning it into a traffic queue will destroy that.
I can only state that any councillor which backs these proposals in their current state has no chance of keeping the vote of myself, my wife or indeed anyone I know locally.
I would appreciate the councils views on our concerns.