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The proposed allocation of new housing on the green belt to the north of leamington is sited on an area of great social amenity for which the requirement of exceptional circumstances to allow development has not been shown. The path across this proposed site linking Northumberland Road and Old Milverton is extensively used and is of enormous recreational value. It's loss would leave no significant green spaces within easy walking distance of much of North Leamington.
Whilst the North Leamington location I can see would be of greater value to the developer it will greatly exacerbate existing traffic problems along the A452 and Stoneleigh Road which the proposed Park and Ride scheme will do little to alleviate. The very difficult pinchpoint by the bridge on Stoneleigh Road will become a very serious local problem. The traffic from the proposed developments can only go out along the A452 or through Old Milverton towards Warwick which will greatly exacerbate existing traffic problems in both areas. The proposal does not adequately address this and the idea that locating industrial units as part of this development will ease North-South traffic flows is faintly ridiculous. Any possible alternatives to the A452 in particular will be turned into "rat runs" ( Hill Wooton for example as alternative access to the A46) causing great disruption and additional hazard in residential areas.
As partial justification for this proposal is to accommodate housing shortfall in Coventry it would seem more sensible to look for sites closer to Coventry and with easier access to the A46.