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I object to the development of Kings Hill Lane. My reasons for objecting are outlined below.

The neighbourhood borders on green belt land and is occupied by many families attracted by the rural aspect which would be destroyed by such a development. There is a huge quantity of brown field sites in both Coventry and Warwick that could easily be developed to accommodate the quantity of housing required without destroying green belt land that once utilised will be gone forever. Coventry's massive expansion of University accommodation shows what can be done if minded to do so. Without development, brown field sites will remain as eyesores and should be developed first.

The existing infrastructure cannot support an explosion in the number of residents in the area. The roads are already severely congested, lacking in ability to cope with the existing number of residents and in a dreadful state of repair. Schools and hospitals are already severely stretched and unable to cope with demand.

The neighbourhood is rural in nature and has a significant amount of wildlife that would be adversely impacted by a change to the environmental conditions in the area. There are protected badger setts, bats can regularly seen flying around the gardens and we have our fair share of squirrels, foxes and other wildlife, all of which would be seriously affected by any such plans.

Badgers and bats are protected species and there are also newts, dormice, butterfly's and moths in the area all of which are also protected by Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which includes protection for the animals from injury and death, protection from being taken from the wild, and protection for the places they use for shelter and protection, as well as disturbance to an animal occupying such a place.

In addition, The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 protects badgers from cruel ill-treatment, including damage or destruction of their setts, or disturbance whilst a sett is in occupation. This proposed development would undoubtedly disturb the existence of sett's.

The area already has potential for flooding as can be evidenced any time there is anything more than routine rainfall in the roads adjacent to Severn Trent. Building on land that absorbs rainfall will exacerbate this problem hugely and inevitably cause issues for the existing residents of the area.

Overall these plans would destroy the rural character of the local area and neighbourhood, create adverse noise and disturbance affecting residents and wildlife, and breach established acts such as those cited above and as such the development should not be allowed to take place.