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In my opinion 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 by Warwick District Council.

The removal of land North of Milverton from the green belt is intended to support Coventry City Council's housing need. Precedence for releasing land from the Green Belt requires the "value" of potential sites to the Green Belt to be taken into account and those with the least value to be removed from the Green Belt first. Warwick District Council, in cooperation with Coventry City Council, has assessed available sites on the edge of Coventry as being of lower Green Belt value than the green belt land North of Milverton and these should be used in preference to the land North of Milverton.

Using sites closer to Coventry to address the housing needs for Coventry makes obvious sense as it minimises unnecessary commuting, inevitable congestion and further road construction and enables people who wish to live and work in Coventry to do so.