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This representation concerns the removal of land at Old Milverton, north of Leamington Spa, from the green belt.

The Exceptional Circumstances required by the National Planning Policy Framework to remove the land north of Milverton from the green belt have not been demonstrated. The proposed development is to support Coventry's needs, but there are sites closer to Coventry. It is illogical to propose park and ride facilities on the site - residents will not need them. If the site really does serve Coventry's needs, it will cause more commuting and congestion on roads which are already overcrowded at peak times; increases in the amount of dual carrigeway will only serve to shunt the congestion to the next bottleneck. It is in practice unlikely that the development will provide for Coventry's needs.

Green belt development should begin with the least valuable land; it is generally agreed that this is the land on the fringes of Coventry, not that on the edge of Leamngton.

Leamington and Kenilworth will become contiguous, the space between them being less and less noticeable. Productive farming land and long-established wild life habitat will be lost, along with areas used for recreation and education.