Testun llawn:
Savills are the retained agent and my current Respondent ID is 7235. The previous representation for the Land West of Stanks Farm is representation number 48689, coupled together with the other land identified land east of Gould Road, Rep no. 48691. We can confirm that both sites are available, deliverable and achievable and support Hampton Magna as a preferred village location to deliver between 100 and 150 houses in the plan period.
This representation is an objection however to the Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries which identifies site 1, Land off Arras Boulevard 4.3 hectaresas the favoured site for future housing development. This Preferred Option site 1 will create further traffic congestion in the already busy village road network, is contaminated land and also is very visually prominent with far reaching views to Warwick Church and Warwick Historic core to the south / south east.
Land West of Stanks Farm was originally submitted under rep 48691 as only extending to ten acres to provide for the 100 houses and to show screening to Stanks Farm itself. However, this updated representation includes the entire 18 acres to not only accommodate the entire 150 units required in the village, but also to provide for green infrastructure, wide life corridors, strategic planting and public open space. It should also be pointed out that our clients also own the private bridge over the A46 carriageway and would be prepared to open up the access of this as a public right of way to the benefit of the village.
The potential development of land West of Stanks Farm can be accessed from Old Budbrook Road and Highway consultants will be providing further confirmation of this in due course. It should be noted that my clients are due to enter into an option agreement with a leading PLC house builder in the next month, and prior to the Local Plan Public Inquiry, further evidence will be forthcoming on ecology, landscape, highways, drainage as is appropriate for a site of this size and nature.
This site is within walking distance of Warwick Parkway Station and if the footbridge was opened up to the public it would provide more direct access to central Warwick.
In the original SHLAA 2013/14 the Stanks Farm site is referenced as R94 and this confirmed the land as available, deliverable and achievable and could be brought forward in the period of 2014 to 2019. The SHLAA mentioned the necessity for suitable noise alleviation and this could be done by strategic planting and relevant appropriate landscape buffers.
Please see attached a draft concept master plan for the site which we hope shows how the site can be integrated into the town at the same time as preventing collisions with Warwick and improving the highway network/footpath links as well as improving the edge of the village approach along the Old Budbrook Road. The land of Gould Road could be used to provide further POS or extra housing as appropriate and should be identified as available, achievable and deliverable for a development as appropriate.
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