Testun llawn:
I wish to object to the above with special reference to GT04 (HARBURY LANE/FOSSE WAY) mainly on the grounds of infrastructure.
1) I have noticed that there is considerable parking of cars at Leamington Football Ground from early morning and that a shuttle bus seems to operate a park and ride to Warwick Technology Park because of the lack of parking on this site. This is complimented by evidence of car parking on the grass verges along Gallows Hill during the week and it would appear that the football club is acting as a safety valve for what could potentially be chaos in car parking. What will happen to all these vehicles if the football club site is used as a Travellers/Gypsy site!? There seems to have been no forethought when the Technology Park was constructed and it would seem that the same is happening again here - as is the case with the proposal for a massive house building project to the south of Warwick-just look at Tachbrook Park Drive- again no forethought as to the unloading of car transporters and reversing manoeuvres by enormous articulated lorries, so obviously not enough parking space.
2) In the planning booklet reference is made to non availability of connection to a public foul mains sewer ( this seems to be a common problem with 4 of the 5 preferred sites), but that one solution is to drain away to the south - looking in this area I see The Tach Brook. To paraphrase a well known former tennis player, "You cannot be serious!!", this would be environmentally totally unacceptable.
3) At one of your drop-in exhibitions an officer of the council clearly stated that in the absence of sites being available, a Compulsory Purchase Order would be used to obtain a site, which seems to fly in the face of Eric Pickles and the Government's directive that this should not be used and not as John Prescott advocated some years ago to be encouraged.
I am proud to have lived in this area for 65yrs and do not wish to see it tarnished.