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We wish to record our strong objection to the inclusion of the land at Oaklands Farm in your preferred option sites which lies in the Green Belt.

In the absence of any "very special circumstances" any development in the Green Belt would be contrary to Government guidelines and Warwick District Council's policy. Recent Government guidelines indicate that unmet need, whether for traveller sites or for conventional housing, is unlikely to outweigh harm to the Green Belt and other harm to constitute the "very special circumstances" justifying development in the Green Belt.

The Birmingham Road is exceptionally busy at peak times and any increased use of access near the existing junction and Petrol Station would be potentially very hazardous.

Any residential development of the site would be a serious visual intrusion into the Green Belt and detrimental to the significant tourist attraction of the canal both for the frequent canal users and walkers.

Budbrooke School and Medical Centre are both stretched and may have significant difficulty in coping with increased demand for services in the light of the substantial increase in demand likely to arise through the proposed allocation of over 100 or more new conventional homes to the Budbrooke area under the Local Plan.

There are no very special circumstances to justify any development of the site in the Green Belt for the proposed residential use and in our view the site should be coded RED and not taken forward for any further consideration.