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Revised Development Strategy
ID sylw: 59136
Derbyniwyd: 14/07/2013
Ymatebydd: Mrs Anne Steele
Any local plan should be fair to all residents this is not:
* It places something like 70% of the proposed development in one area instead of spreading it fairly throughout the district.
* Areas north of the river are being protected whilst those south are not.
* The argument used by WDC against using greenbelt land is inconsistent as Council is quite happy to approve the use of a large area of greenbelt land to facilitate the Coventry Gateway and another project at the moment under scrutiny.
Traffic:
* The proposed road alterations and introduction of traffic lights and traffic calming will not lessen the impact of the increase in traffic from all the developments in the plan.
Air Quality and Health:
* The resultant increase in pollution from this influx of vehicles will be detrimental to the population, with the resultant pressure on our already fully overtaxed medical facilities.
* Warwick Hospital is already working to full capacity how can the facilities there be expanded?
Urban Sprawl:
* The RDS will encourage urban sprawl with one massive housing estate stretching along the edge of Whitnash, Heathcote and Warwick, and the subsequent loss of local countryside, agricultural land, and significant open space.
* Future generations will inherit a massively overdeveloped area and communities blighted by the effects.
* WDC have opted for the easy option - let's dump it all south of the river in one massive sprawl rather than accept there will be more detailed effort to find favourable less intrusive sites.
* Large Developers are only interested in managing large construction sites to maximize their profits.
* Our Planners should not have this as their first priority rather than what is best for the community as a whole.
* The sprawl is already happening, as illustrated at Gallows Hill with large number of cars parked on the grass verges opposite The Warwick Technology Park.
* Already this area cannot cope with the vehicles required by employees.
* More than 12,000 dwellings with an average of 3 people per household will mean more than 36,000 people?
Infrastructure:
* The infrastructure of the whole area south of the river has been under tremendous pressure for a number of years.
* There will be an effect on water supplies and drainage. This has been experienced with the Warwick Gates development and such a large area will no doubt have a more dramatic effect.
Education:
* Schools in this area do not have the spare capacity to absorb pupils and although aware there are proposals to build schools not sure that the houses will come before the schools so where will those children go whilst waiting for the new build?
* There is no guarantee that the proposed schools will be built.
Environment:
* The environmental impact on the area seems to have been treated lightly. The whole area has a significant wildlife population . Also there is the aspect of possible flooding with such a large amount of green land being covered with tarmac and concrete.
Urges WDC to be open minded, listen to the views of residents who will have to live with the effects of any future plans and realize that this plan is unacceptable, withdraw it, and refuse all the various planning applications relating to it.