Testun llawn:
I am very worried about the proposed massive development of 4000 houses to be built on King's Hill. This is low-lying green belt land and the major concern for me is the fact that, as the lowest part of Coventry, it is already susceptible to flooding around Finham Brook. So many houses on that land, will cover the earth where drainage would occur, and water draining off houses, paved drives and roads will have nowhere to go. With climate change and increased rainfall, this can only get worse.
Finham Sewage Works treats sewage from Kenilworth and Stoneleigh, as well as the whole of Coventry. As someone who lives in the area, I can tell you that it is not dealing adequately with it now. Certainly, when you walk past, the smell is quite overpowering, and on hot Summer days, the smell reaches the houses in Finham. How is it going to cope with another community of so many extra houses?
There is no convenient access to King's Hill, unless the enclosing roads are widened dramatically. This would destroy ancient protected hedgerows and oak trees. The old Leamington Road already carries a lot of traffic and is completely congested if any of the surrounding trunk roads and motorways are closed, and they frequently are!
The development will take years to be carried out, involving bulldozers and lorries driving up and down narrow roads - a danger to children - while the extra sewage, gas, electricity, telephone, and water services are installed. Then the bricks, slates, insulation etc. necessary to build the houses themselves will need to be ferried in.
A lot of research has been done by the Finham Resident's Association, which I know you have received - in depth, careful research. Can you honestly say that your modifications cover all their objections adequately? I don't want Finham sinking under sea of flood water and sewage in ten years time, when it is too late to do anything about it.