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Local Plan Consultation Response Form - Question 7
I object to the New Local Plan proposals for Cubbington in the "Sustainability Appraisal Addendum 2016 including appendices" file :http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/3207/sustainability_appraisal_addendum report_2016_inc_appendices.pdf
Site: Land East of Cubbington Size & Approx. Capacity: 95 dwellings Ref L17 (aka H50)
Natural Environment and Landscape
1. Safeguarded land in H50 is reserved for the construction of HS2. The impact of the changes that HS2 will bring to the site has not been considered. When built the HS2 line will run approximately 400metres from the new housing and is likely to cause noise nuisance.
2. The H50 sites on Rugby Road are adjacent to rejected sites which have a similar landscape value and any building there would be a significant new development. Why can H50 now be accepted if the rejected sites were found unsuitable?
3. Ref SA 10 report Feb 2013 Table 4.20 - Page 88/126
In the previous plan the Allotment Gardens (CU3*O) and the Waverley Equestrian Centre (CU4*O) were rejected on grounds "would lead to a significant finger of new development into an area of high landscape value."
Location, Shops and Community Facilities
1. Error - The site is not located adjacent to the Rugby Road Local Shopping Centre. The Rugby Road Shops are around 1.4km away.
The nearest local shops are in Cubbington Village which does constitute a "Shopping Centre". Ref page 36/57 (104).
2. There is no GP Practice in Cubbington.
3. No proposals to mitigate expected increased pressure on existing services and facilities.
Sustainable Transport and Traffic
1. Error -The site is not on the 538 bus route.
2. Bus Route 69 only runs once a day from Weston at 10.31am and has NO return services listed.
3. The nearest bus stop for No 68 bus service is more than 400m away on Rugby Road near Church Lane. This service is unreliable.
4. It was recognised in November 2013 that local roads A452, A445 and B4453 are identified as being heavily used. Development may have cumulative negative effects on transport and travel times, as well as Air Quality.
Green Belt and Agricultural Land
1. The erosion of the Green Belt is to be deplored. It has been recognised that the area around H50 is of high landscape value and should be protected.
2. Additionally, the Grade 2 farmland which is to be lost from the Greenbelt was not assessed and this could affect its' suitability for a building development. See also flood risk.
Nature Conservation
1. North Cubbington Wood is designated Ancient Woodland and the Princethorpe Woodlands Living Landscape Trust area is a conservation area only a short distance from Cubbington and H50.
Flood Risk
1. Some of the serious concerns about flooding have been omitted from the SA Addendum Feb 2016.Pages 37/57 (105) and 38/57 (106)
Notwithstanding that we are now looking at the effects of developing H50 instead of the Allotment Gardens and land opposite Willow Sheets Meadow I think this is relevant:
Below is a transcript of November 2013 SA of potential village site allocations - Cubbington Pages 23/61 to 25/61 - Ref: SA04_SustainabilityAppraisalPotentialVillageSiteAllocations.pdf
"One site is located within an area of medium or high flood risk and therefore there could be major negative effects on flooding. It is recommended that any residential development avoids the flood risk areas which would prevent the major negative effects identified. All other potential allocations are not located within an area of flood risk. However, it has been identified by the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) (2013) that Cubbington suffers from major surface water flooding and that the drainage systems in the area (public, private, highway or land drainage) were not designed to cope with the exceptional conditions. The SFRA recommended that future development is avoided and that effective planning policies should be implemented in accordance with the SUDS recommendations provided in the SFRA. Unless local plan policies are developed to address the issues of flooding with regard to new development in Cubbington, given its sensitivity there are likely to be major short to long-term negative effects."
Water Quality
1. H50 is also in the Surface Water Drinking Water protected area as well as a Surface Water Safeguarded Zone. - This is not referred to in the new report.
Do we really need this many dwellings?
1. The plan covers 2011 -2029 - How many dwellings were completed in the period 2011 - 2016?
Have these completion figures been factored into the totals?
Suitability to accommodate Coventry's housing need:
1. Strong links to Coventry -
There are no strong links with the City of Coventry and no transport services available to link the two places
2. Villages with the best infrastructure facilities -
Cubbington's infrastructure facilities and local services will need to be improved to accommodate more housing, more people and more traffic.
3. Areas that could provide quick turnaround to meet the 5 year housing supply -
The construction of the HS2 overbridge and road realignment will have to be completed before construction could commence. This would delay the start until at least 2020.