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I should like to request that this proposed development be reviewed with a view to finding an alternative site for Coventry overspill housing.
I do not live in this part of Leamington Spa but nonetheless appreciate the "Green Lung" between Leamington and Kenilworth and consider it important to maintain for the well-being of urban dwellers. The green fields and countryside, the allotments and village communities around the town contribute to the quality of life of its inhabitants. The countryside is also an important natural habitat for wild life. People like to and need to be able to go walking, dog walking, running, cycling and/or riding to relax in their free time - the environs of Leamington as they are still permit this - even without a car.
There is evidently a shortage of housing but for some twenty years we have mostly seen developments of luxury housing and buy-to-lets. This does not address the needs of most ordinary people. It may be that it is time to consider the development of a new town rather than endless brown fill and green site development projects. The density of the town's population and accompanying traffic pollution must be a consideration.
It is arguable that if this housing proposal is to alleviate the Coventry housing crisis, that it would be preferable to make the development nearer Coventry.
More houses around this part of Leamington will add volumes of traffic to an already busy commuter part of town.
Please think again.
Only the builders will benefit from this and they are rich enough.