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One of the main reasons for the development is to provide housing for Coventry. This area is quite a long way away from Coventry and there must be land that could be used that is nearer. To travel to work in Coventry from the North of Milverton would put increased pressure on a heavily used road system. It does not seem to make sense to have housing south of the A46. The plan would add to commuting which I thought the government wanted to reduce.

WDC and Coventry CC have identified sites of lower green belt value which could be used. These should be used.

Most employment in Leamington is to the south of the town. Building houses to the north is not sensible as commuters have to cross Leamington.

The Green Belt would be so reduced as to hardly have any value.

The proposed park and ride scheme looks very questionable though easy to put in a plan. It is possible that no park and ride scheme has been that successful other than maybe Oxford. Leamington's main areas of employment are to the south of Leamington so it would need an amazingly improved bus service to handle any significant number of commuters. Shoppers have good parking facilities in Leamington.