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ID sylw: 6113

Derbyniwyd: 24/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Stephen Trinder

Object to Kings Hill site:
Warwick DC's expansion should be accommodated near population centres in Warwickshire and not added onto Coventry.
Kings Hill would be a magnet for developers that Coventry and Warwick would make a lot of money from.
Insufficient evidence that Coventry would be able to attract sufficeint jobs to warrant such expansion. Kings Hill may become dormitory suburb or ghost suburb with many unemployed.
Finham is already badly served by road, rail, water, shops, schools, libraries, leisure and community centre infrastructure and proposals for possible park and ride and rail halt along Stoneleigh Road would be inadequate.
Pressure on road and rail infrastructure would lead to widening of beautiful approach to city along Kenilworth Road and to construction of southern relief road. This would irreparably damage lovely countryside that provides green lung for city and would lead to merging of Coventry and Kenilworth.
Do not believe it to be in the best interests of people of Warwickshire and Coventry for the green belt to be obliterated.
Local road network would be unable to cope. Record for developers providing infrastructure is not good.
Proposals contravene Planning Policy Guidance - regarding urban sprawl and other regarding visual impact.
Kings Hill high giving excellent views of Coventry and some of Warwickshire countryside.
Large numbers of children would require schooling as families move in. Local schools would be unable to cope.
Development may well include playing fields of Finham Park School at a time when there is obesity problem among children.
Flooding concerns and poor drainage along Kings Hill and the southern section of Green Lane - concerns that it will only get worse.
Green belt between Coventry and Kenilworth will be reduced to a few hundred yards in places.
Great pressure put on wildlife haven of Wainbody Wood and designed local Nature Reserve and part of diminishing ancient woodland - flytipping and motorcycle riding through the wood, vandalism and criminal damage. This wood is one of Coventry's finest natural assets and despite any buffer zone around the wood, it is likely grave damage would be caused.
This part of Coventry has few social homes and 40% social housing mix would give concern as rich pickings for new residents who don't wish to make contribution but seek to live by criminality. Poorer parts of any city contain criminals and anti-social people and many moving into social housing are fine, simply looking for affordable place to live, but sadly statistics tell their own story.
Would cause destruction of special landscape quality.
Would boost damaging proposals for southern relief road on attractive and arable land. Noise would be considerable.