Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6669

Derbyniwyd: 05/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Hardeep Lider

I am writing this letter in order to express my strong objection to the following Core Strategy Preferred Options document:
Land at Woodside Farm north of Harbury Lane,Whtinash
Land south of Sydenham and east of Whitnash
Land at Lower Heathcote Farm south of Harbury Lane
Land west of Europa Way Warwick

My objections are based on the following reasons:

* There have already been 2 major developments in the area:South Farm and Warwick Gates. Any further major housing development would have a devastating effect on public services.
* As a resident of Whitnash I have seen the strain Warwick Gates has put on schools, traffic,doctor/dental surgeries, hospitals, sewage works,flooding etc and further development would be irresponsible as we simply do not have the infrastructure.It is already a nightmare around Tachbrook Road/Landor Road during the school run /rush hour. I still remember all the false promises that were made when Warwick Gates was built regarding extra schools and public services.
* No infrastructure findings on schools,traffic environment have been made public of the potential impact of all this extra housing
*

Sylw

ID sylw: 6727

Derbyniwyd: 05/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire County Council - Heritage & Culture (Museums)

- The Strategic Objective refers to Green Infrastructure, but it then includes no further description of this term. The inclusion of Green Infrastructure is strongly supported and it is suggested that this is associated to the SCS objective relating to natural environment and the LAA target of NI197 Biodiversity. A description of Green Infrastructure should also be included.

Cefnogi

ID sylw: 6736

Derbyniwyd: 22/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Milverton New Allotments Association Ltd

support

Sylw

ID sylw: 6771

Derbyniwyd: 06/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire County Council [Commissioning, Planning & Partnerships Service, Children, Young People & Families]

A request may be sought in relation to Special Needs and Youth & Community provision. A review of requirements and costs will need to be undertaken to support this request.

The LA is currently in the process of reviewing its policy and formulas and these may well be reflected in our final requests as developments come forward.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6776

Derbyniwyd: 25/09/2009

Ymatebydd: ed boyle

A 46.
This is runs the entire length of the south east of Kings Hill and is already a very noticeable source of noise and exhaust pollution. It has been officially identified as being overburdened along this stretch. The certain new major interchange at the north east end of Coventry airport (Toll Bar) will without doubt increase the traffic further and increase the problem of the bottleneck at the roundabout on the south east of Finham.
The Highways agency has filed its concerns that developing kings Hill will have devastating effects further south on the A46.
The inevitable and hugely expensive road infrastructure associated outside the immediate site will inevitably and substantially increase both noise and air pollution.

TRAFFIC/ROADS
Immediately to NW is Finham and area which was designed as an integrated development cannot take any more traffic. Its roads are likely to become rat runs to any development on Kings Hill even if traffic is majorly diverted from this area.
To the south west, and through the site, are the minor roads connecting the area to Crackley Heath, Gibbets Hill, Kenilworth, Stoneleigh and all. These will require hugely expensive major upgrades. There will be extra road lanes, interchanges and no doubt the occasional overpass necessary. (The Toll Bar interchange on the north of Coventry Airport is reported as will be costing #100,000 on present estimates.)
Kenilworth road, Fletchamstead, Kempas Highway and all are already officially reported as overloaded and accident reports are frequent.
Access to Coventry's main areas of recreation, shopping, employment, motorways, main airports, Rugby, Birmingham, the Ricoh Centre, main distribution centers and all to the north will be unsatisfactory and difficult.
Warwick University has addressed much concerning access roads to its site in its exemplary planning application. On a brief study, the effects associated with a large development on Kings Hill become very clear.
The Highway Agency have also registered avid concern on the adverse effects of a major development on Kings Hill especially on routes towards the south.


In the plans published by Severn Trent in its review for the sewerage and water supply for Coventry, as found on Coventry's website, this well is not included
The Environment Agency is well on its crusade to stopping the building of culverts. The Finham and Waverly Bridges will be under threat (it is not known at this time if they are scheduled). Also The Agency has announced serious concern as to the effect as to river quality and overburden downstream. As mentioned the amount of water to be carried of the proposed site will be more than just considerable.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6785

Derbyniwyd: 24/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Mr & Mrs Peter & Linda Bromley

We are very concerned that you are asking the public for their comments when you have not given us the information we need to make those comments, i.e. on the proposed infrastructure to support this development. We believe that Plan 5 will have an extremely detrimental effect on Warwick as a whole. We should like to make the following observations and request that we receive responses to the questions asked.


6. Who will pay for an extra sewage pipe for the proposed new housing? Who will pay for the necessary extra water pipes and power lines to be laid?


8. Why was a traffic study carried out by Highways in the school holidays? Are you going to have another traffic study carried out? How are you proposing to improve the already congested traffic situation when we have pinch points at the historic bridges which cannot be enlarged? Please let me know the outcome of any further study. When are you going to carry out studies on access, schooling, utilities provision, especially sewage, policing, employment, medical provision, the impact on our hospital, community activities etc.? Can you guarantee that a new school will be built? How will the results be publicised? We should like to be kept informed on the progress of these studies and as soon as you have the results.

9. Why have you identified the areas for housing development before you have looked at the infrastructure necessary? If it is realised that this option is unable to be delivered because of lack of infrastructure, what other options will you consider?

10. How can we trust the planners and developers regarding infrastructure to be in place when we have seen promises reneged on at Warwick Gates (still no school) and Chase Meadow (sports provision for them allocated at St. Nicholas Park and still no community centre)? There are still 700 houses to be built at Chase Meadow.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6789

Derbyniwyd: 09/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Mr Anthony H Ericson

I wish to register my strong objections to the proposals in the WDC Core Strategy on the following grounds

1. Transport and Traffic - building the equivalent of 2 more Warwick Gates developments will require major changes to the already overloaded road capacity in the South Warwick area and also to Public Transport resources - Answers Not Available
2. Education and Schools - an extra 8,100 households will require major investment in both Primary and Secondary education additional capacity, both buildings and staff - the 2,375 homes due before 2016 will need immediate additional capacity - Answers Not Available
3. Health and Medical Services - an extra 8,100 households will demand significant expansion of current Clinical, Dental, Health Centre and Hospital resources - again buildings and staff - where will the funding come from? - Answers Not Available
4. Water and Sewage services - there will need to be a huge investment (who pays?) to provide Water, Sewage and Drainage capacity for 8,100 households - this will also have a massive environmental impact both during and after construction - Answers Not Available
5. Power, Gas and Telecomms infrastructure - a massive increase in physical capacity and therefore resources will be required, especially in Telecoms for an area where existing Broadband service levels are poor - Answers Not Available
6. Waste and Recycling - can existing capacity and re-cycling growth rates match the increased demand? - Answers Not Available
7. Carbon Footprint Control - can these massive developments be delivered, without significant negative impact on the locality, using available construction technologies without rendering the cost of housing prohibitive? - Answers Not Available
8. Employment and Local Economy - where are the Jobs for the planned occupants of these 8,100 households? Will there be enough funding to enable purchase of the homes? How will the necessary additional local retail and service facilities be located and financed? - Answers Not Available
9. "Protection, enhancement and linkage of the natural environment through controlling the location and design of new development" - infilling with 1,250 dwellings on the west of Europa Way (1E in the WDC plan illustration) removes the last clear rural separation of Warwick from Leamington - a direct contradiction of WDC's stated objectives (above) - Answers Not Available
10 Direct effects on Myton Road and adjacent residents. How will traffic access be made feasible without increasing Road Safety risks in this busy School traffic area and creating even greater congestion at peak times?- Answers Not Available
There are no answers to any of the above concerns which means that this cannot be in any way a "Consultation"
11. Need for Full and Proper Consultation - I urge our Councillors to do two things -
11.1. Demand extension of the Consultation Date by at least 6 months to allow proper feasibility studies and financial evaluations.
11.2 Take legal action to challenge the Regional Government figures to allow a properly informed Consultation..

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6793

Derbyniwyd: 08/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Mr Simon Ericson

I wish to register my strong objections to the proposals in the WDC Core Strategy on the following grounds

1. Transport and Traffic - building the equivalent of 2 more Warwick Gates developments will require major changes to the already overloaded road capacity in the South Warwick area and also to Public Transport resources. To think the Europa Way area can cope with extra traffic contemplated is too much!
2. Education and Schools - an extra 8,100 households will require major investment in both Primary and Secondary education additional capacity, both buildings and staff - the 2,375 homes due before 2016 will need immediate additional capacity - Answers Not Available
3. Health and Medical Services - an extra 8,100 households will demand significant expansion of current Clinical, Dental, Health Centre and Hospital resources - again buildings and staff - where will the funding come from? - Answers Not Available
4. Water and Sewage services - there will need to be a huge investment (who pays?) to provide Water, Sewage and Drainage capacity for 8,100 households - this will also have a massive environmental impact both during and after construction - Answers Not Available
5. Power, Gas and Telecomms infrastructure - a massive increase in physical capacity and therefore resources will be required, especially in Telecoms for an area where existing Broadband service levels are poor - Answers Not Available
6. Waste and Recycling - can existing capacity and re-cycling growth rates match the increased demand? - Answers Not Available
7. Carbon Footprint Control - can these massive developments be delivered, without significant negative impact on the locality, using available construction technologies without rendering the cost of housing prohibitive? - Answers Not Available
10 Direct effects on Myton Road and adjacent residents. How will traffic access be made feasible without increasing Road Safety risks in this busy School traffic area and creating even greater congestion at peak times?- Answers Not Available

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6800

Derbyniwyd: 09/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Ray Steele

No additional employment would mean mass commuting (assuming there would be work elsewhere). The M40 - already a dangerous motorway - would be terrifying at commute times with bottlenecks at exits causing tailbacks onto the motorway.
Schools are already full with children having to be driven to other areas. This will add to the misery of traffic congestion. Disruption of families, Doctors and Dentists would not be able to cope.

Sylw

ID sylw: 6803

Derbyniwyd: 10/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Barry Stelfox

Whilst appreciating that your objective is to plan up to the period of 2026, no mention has been made relating to Kings Hill concerning:-

a) whether schools are to be built, type and when
b) whether shops are to be built, type and when
c) access to site
d) whether the site will come under Coventry or Warwick Councils' jurisdiction.
e) whether drainage will be into Coventry's or direct to Finham Sewage.
f) the impact upon the existing wildlife habitat (no study appears to have been carried out)
g) the removal of agricultural land
h) potential unemployment of agricultural workers (see g)
i) whether the Emergency Services could accommodate the extra homes, never mind under which Authority would provide cover.
j) provision of Public Transport and which Authority would provide cover.
k) amount of land needed for Industrial use, type of Industry envisaged.
l) what access needed to service the Industrial area.
m) medical cover for such a large area, such as Doctor and Dentist, and when surgeries are to be built.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6807

Derbyniwyd: 13/09/2009

Ymatebydd: J A & P L Robinson

We wish to object to the overall plan to build 8,100 new homes in the Warwick area, and specifically on the area of restraint, phase 1E on the Core Strategy Preferred Options document (Plan 5).

Firstly we would point out the lack of dispersal of the planned development (namely 1A,1B,1E,1F,2F and 3F). The planned development is focused almost entirely on land south of Warwick .This area has already been significantly developed in recent years, exerting pressure on existing services and infrastructure.
There has been no plan for the infrastructure in terms of drainage, sewerage, roads, public transport, schools and hospitals, as confirmed by councillors in the public meeting on 17th August 2009. Nor have there been impact studies on traffic, schools, drainage, sewerage, hospitals or employment. Traffic in South Warwick is already at saturation, with Myton Road being virtually impassable between 8am-9am and 4pm-6pm. There is no capacity on the roads for another 8,000 car journeys focussed on peak time. This will not only have a detrimental impact on the quality of life of current Warwick residents, but also on Warwick's capacity to bring in tourism.
The Schools in the area are oversubscribed . There is no capacity for extra cars etc at the stations for commuters. The hospital would require significant expansion.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6814

Derbyniwyd: 13/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Dr Caroline Robinson

There has been no plan for the infrastructure in terms of drainage, sewerage, roads, public transport, schools and hospitals, as confirmed by councillors in the public meeting on 17th August 2009. Nor have there been impact studies on traffic, schools, drainage, sewerage, hospitals or employment. Traffic in South Warwick is already at saturation, with Myton Road being virtually impassable between 8am-9am and 4pm-6pm. There is no capacity on the roads for another 8,000 car journeys focussed on peak time. This will not only have a detrimental impact on the quality of life of current Warwick residents, but also on Warwick's capacity to bring in tourism.
Current plans also include additional development for 'Employment use' in areas 1E,1F,2F and 3F. Given the number of vacant industrial and office buildings in Warwick, as pointed out by councillors in the public meeting on 17th August 2009, we would question the need for such development, and therefore object to it.
The Schools in the area are oversubscribed . There is no capacity for extra cars etc at the stations for commuters. The hospital would require significant expansion.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6823

Derbyniwyd: 14/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Mr Stuart Boyle

Emissions

The preferred options paper refers to the Code for Sustainable Homes requiring all new homes built after 2016 to be zero carbon. It is disappointing that the proposals will allow a large development to the West of Europa Way to proceed ahead of this deadline and thus add to the district's emissions.

The paper fails to grasp the significant issues surrounding zero carbon developments and the need for a holistic approach in planning to ensure that objectives are met. It is unlikely that new housing will have a gas fired boiler in each property as is common at the moment. Other more novel solutions will be required.

Such large developments offer the opportunity for district heating and hot water schemes supplied from a central combined heat and power station. The power station could be fired by gas or by renewable or semi-renewable fuels such as bio-fuel, bio-gas or refuse. The Princes Road site has existing refuse management infrastructure and presents an opportunity to develop such a plant to supply heat to the Station Approach, former Ford Foundry and Warwickshire College developments.

However, the Europa Way and Harbury Lane developments are too far away to be supplied with heat from the Princes Road site and the use of part of this land for power generation will be unacceptable to nearby residents due to noise and the noxious nature of renewable fuels. For these sites the widespread use of heat pumps and solar hot water heating, should be considered, using gas boilers only in the coldest months. Ground source heat pumps are preferable as they are quieter than air source devices and also more efficient. However, ground source heat pumps require large plot sizes to avoid the ground freezing in winter.

The council should commission an energy study into the new developments in the context of zero emission housing. The study should consider alternative heating solutions and whether it is feasible to accommodate the proposed number of houses.

Roughly a third of emissions come from transport. It is therefore important that the Council considers why residents use their cars as they go about their daily activities. The plan should be strategic rather than reactionary and consider how housing, schools, shops and employment are combined to reduce car journeys and the need to use vehicles at all. This particularly concerns the school and employment issues described below.

Amenities

As an edge of town development the existing Warwick Gates development is remote from many day to day amenities such as schools, hospitals and shops. Consequently many residents are reliant on cars. The proposed development on the south side of Harbury lane will be similarly remote from local amenities and these residents will also be dependent upon their cars.

For this reason the proposed developments are less suitable for non-car users such as pensioners, the disabled and the socially deprived and therefore these developments are less suitable for low cost housing.

Traffic

During morning and afternoon rush-hours, there is frequently congestion on Myton Road, Harbury Lane and Gallows Hill. Europa Way is congested from Myton Road to the M40 Junction 14 resulting in stationary traffic on the inside lane of the M40 which presents a significant hazard to motorway traffic.

The new A46 flyover under construction at M40 junction 15 will ease traffic flow between the A46 and the M40. However, I believe that this will increase congestion on the south side of Leamington as traffic destined for the business parks and industrial estates on the south side of Leamington and Warwick will approach from the M40 rather than through Warwick.

The addition of 4,000 properties south of Warwick Gates will add around 8,000 cars to these already congested areas. The creation of residential and/or business access along Europa Way and Harbury Lane coupled with noise and safety related demands for lower speed limits on these roads will further impede the flow of traffic.

The District Council must consult with the County Council and Highways Agency on traffic flow on local main roads and the M40 before confirming their proposals. Particular attention needs to be given to how traffic flows through Warwick during M40 incidents and how the river and railway barriers to traffic in Warwick can be eased. I believe that the A46 corridor to Coventry and the M40 corridor to Birmingham are more suitable areas for development.

Utilities

Much of Warwick and Leamington is supplied with water from Strensham, near the M5/M50 Junction. 4,000 new houses will almost certainly require additional pipelines to Strensham and development of the Strensham site. The sub regional water cycle study should consult Severn Trent on the feasibility of supplying these developments in the proposed timescales and what interaction there is with development proposals elsewhere in the West Midlands.

E.ON Central Networks and National Grid should also be consulted on the feasibility of supplying gas and electricity to these large developments. In particular will the Emscote Road substation need enlargement to accommodate the new load and by what route will the cables to supply the new developments be routed? The use of heat pumps on both gas and electricity demand also needs to be included in those consultations.

Primary Schools

The Warwickshire School Organisation Framework 2005-2010 assumes approximately 3 pupils per year group per 100 houses developed. Thus the proposed development of 4,000 houses on the south side of Warwick and Leamington will require approximately 120 places per year group. The council must consult with the Local Authority on schooling for 840 additional primary pupils.

The table below lists primary schools within three miles of the proposed developments. There is spare capacity for around 35 pupils per year group at primary level but only at the further and generally unpopular schools in the area. It is reasonable to expect that if children from the new developments attended these schools then they would travel by car.

2005 capacity (7 years) Number on Role in 2008 Approximate capacity per year group (7 years)
Bishops Tachbrook 210 202 1
Briar Hill/ St Margaret 270+360 266+356 1
St Josephs 210 208 0
St Patricks 210 143 10
Whitnash 280 115 23
Total 35
Given the limited land and often restricted road access to existing schools it is unlikely that these schools could be expanded to accommodate further classes.

The intention should be to educate children at local schools to allow the establishment of new communities on the proposed developments. Failure to do this will means that neighbouring children attend disparate schools, as has happened on Warwick Gates, which impedes the building of a local community among neighbours. The new schools should be central to the proposed developments to give focus to the community. Children will also have shorter journeys to school and will be more likely to walk or cycle in line with government health and emissions policies.

Importantly, the new schools must be completed and available with the completion of each phase of housing. If housing is completed before school facilities then children will be forced into schools much further from their homes. It is unlikely that parents will relocate their children back to a 'local' school once they have been established elsewhere.

Secondary Schools

The council must consult with the Local Authority of the location of schooling for approximately 960 additional secondary pupils.

The following table lists secondary schools in Leamington and Warwick within three miles of the proposed developments. It shows adequate capacity within this distance but all of these schools are a considerable distance from the proposed developments.

2005 Capacity
(6 years) Number on Role in 2009 Approximate spare places per year (6 years)
Aylesford 1189 774 69
Campion 845 471 61
Myton 1330 1330 0
Trinity 1279 937 57
Total 187

The new North Leamington School has spare capacity of approximately 300 students. This new school together with Trinity represents considerable capacity in the northern half of Leamington Spa. Therefore new developments on the north side of Leamington and Warwick such as at Milverton would be more appropriate.

The Preferred Options Paper does not address these areas of concern adequately. Nor do I believe that the council has adequately consulted the relevant agencies, if at all. I appreciate that many of these issues are outside of the control of the District Council, but nonetheless it is the duty of the council to consult the affected agencies and to commission impact assessments and feasibility studies to ensure that its proposals are realistic and achievable. The council has a duty of care to its current and future residents to ensure that quality of life in the district is not reduced by its proposals. Therefore it must fully address these issues before proceeding with its proposals.

Sylw

ID sylw: 6831

Derbyniwyd: 18/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Paul, Elizabeth & Thomas Karnik

The plan has been presented to the public with a total lack of detail or alternative development options for public consideration.
There has been no plan for the infrastructure in terms of drainage, sewerage, roads public transport, schools, hospitals, or other public services as confirmed by the councillors at the last two public meetings. Nor have there been any impact studies on traffic, schools, drainage, sewerage, health provision or indeed employment. You said yesterday that you HOPE employment would be encouraged into the area - its no good hoping, you must have a clear plan and you do not have one. Traffic in South Warwick is already past saturation point, with both the Myton Road and Europa Way being virtually impassable between 8am-9am and 4pm-6pm. There is absolutely no capacity on these roads for a further 1250 houses on option 1E or the additional houses being proposed in the south of Warwick at peak time. If any studies are done during these times (and not during school holidays I may add) they will easily confirm what I am saying. This will not only have a detrimental effect and impact o the quality of life of myself, neighbours and current residents of Warwick, but also on Warwick's capacity to attract tourism.
The schools in this area are well oversubscribed so where will the extra children be educated?
Warwick Hospital would require significant expansion to cope with the additional population, is there a budget for this?
There is no capacity for extra cars and people at the stations for commuters. When they got off the trains they would not be able to get where they need to because of the congestion.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6839

Derbyniwyd: 20/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Paul & Luisa Hodge

Firstly we would point out the lack of dispersal of the planned development (namely 1A,1B,1E,1F,2F and 3F). The planned development is focused almost entirely on land south of Warwick .This area has already been significantly developed in recent years, exerting pressure on existing services and infrastructure.

There has been no plan for the infrastructure in terms of drainage, sewerage, roads, public transport, schools and hospitals, as confirmed by councillors in the public meeting on 17th August 2009. Nor have there been impact studies on traffic, schools, drainage, sewerage, hospitals or employment. Traffic in South Warwick is already at saturation, with Myton Road being virtually impassable between 8am-9am and 4pm-6pm. New housing on Myton Park as well as the new Lidl store have further exacerbated traffic problems during the last two years, and now we find more new housing being planned on the area of restraint and on the Ford foundry - both sites yards away from Myton Road. Myton Road is home to four schools: whilst some children do walk or cycle the majority are driven to school - a pattern which is unlikely to change bearing in mind that three of the schools are private schools and pupils come from as far afield as Banbury to attend these schools. I attach photographs taken during September which show a typical congested Myton Road, and other major routes in Warwick.. There is no capacity on the roads for another 8,000 car journeys focussed on peak time. This will not only have a detrimental impact on the quality of life of current Warwick residents, but also on Warwick's capacity to bring in tourism.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6847

Derbyniwyd: 23/09/2009

Ymatebydd: SEAN DEELY

There has been insufficient research conducted to date on the impact of the Preferred Option on the existing community and infrastructure. Before the preferred options paper can be property considered, studies are required on the following as a minimum
-impact on road traffic
-infrastructure study
-future air quality assessment

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6849

Derbyniwyd: 22/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Lindsay Green

I should like to express serious concern over possible application by Warwick District Council to approve building on a large scale on the Green Belt adjacent to Green Lane in Coventry on the land at King's Hill. My concerns over the use of the land include the following:

Access

* Green Lane is a narrow and busy road, usually with cars parked most of the way down one side, leaving only one lane shared by traffic moving in both directions. It also has a twenty mile-per-hour speed limit and speed humps

* King's Hill Lane is long, very narrow, and also difficult for any larger vehicles to navigate. Even with current traffic levels it is hazardous for cars, cyclists and pedestrians. It is also used regularly by horse riders

* Access to the A46 is not easy. Stoneleigh Road is an extremely busy main route to Warwick University, its junction with King's Hill Lane being very dangerous

* The A46 and other roads around the Stoneleigh area are heavily congested with commuters with considerable traffic for Warwick University and the Westwood Business Park

* The Kenilworth / Coventry square of land is surrounded by a network of rural roads as well as the A46. These roads would not be able to cope with the additional traffic and massive pinch points would be created. The A46 itself may be able to deal with greater throughput but a similar problem would occur as that volume hit the A45 (which is already very busy) and smaller city entrance roads

* A primary and a secondary school are both situated on Green Lane, with the resulting traffic at certain times of day making surrounding streets severely congested. The roads could not take extra traffic generated by a large housing development. Extra traffic here would be a serious danger to schoolchildren

* Availability of parking is already a serious problem in Green Lane, Gretna Road and surrounding roads

* Green Lane itself is on the main bus route and at present buses have to negotiate parked cars all the way down the road, relying on finding gaps in parking to allow traffic to pass them when coming from the other direction. This problem would intensify were there more traffic caused by the massive increase of houses, and more potential passengers for the buses possibly leading to an increase in their frequency.

Social Factors

* The local schools are already over-subscribed and, should children from the new development be eligible to attend them, would be unable to take the resulting increase in numbers. Should the children as residents of Warwick District not be eligible there would at present be no local schools available to them. Either further building would be necessary or more car-journeys to ferry them to Warwickshire schools

* There are no facilities for children such as playparks

* The bus service is very limited

* There is no local community centre or entertainment provision

* The local shops are inadequate

* A massive amount of buildings would have to be created in addition to the houses to address the above issues adequately, with even more Green Belt land being lost.
There has not been an adequate Traffic Study undertaken; it is essential this is done before any decision is made on which land is suitable. Impact studies need to be done, not in the school holidays as I gather many have been undertaken in the past

* costs of providing infrastructure are I understand to be met by the developer, however it is unlikely any developer would be happy to spend the massive sums required for the upgrade of the sewerage workings needed for several thousand houses. Similarly, estimates have not been produced for the cost of improving inadequate infrastructure. Again this needs to be settled before any land is earmarked.
* the provision of open space is essential in any modern housing plans. The density of what is proposed would result in no land left free for this

Sylw

ID sylw: 6879

Derbyniwyd: 09/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Noel Butler

* To select sites before investigating and determining the infrastructure for all the development options; water and sewage, transport, education, health, roads, shopping, community activities and green space, and the impact of development on existing communities is beyond belief and totally irresponsible. Don't the authors realise they are dealing with people's lives?

* The assertion that people will work, shop, go to school and spend leisure time, close to new homes in the south of the District is pure fantasy. No evidence has been produced to substantiate this. The traffic which would actually be created by this development must be assessed as part of the infrastructure work mentioned above.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6887

Derbyniwyd: 24/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Mr David Higgin

o Utilities, Services (Police, Dentists, and Doctors etc.) are all stretched to the limit now. With both the major hospitals only accessible across congested bridges over the river Avon, we fear for how long it will take emergency cases to get the medical resource they need.

o The huge increase in traffic arising from at least 8000 new cars in this area will result in pollution and add to existing air quality problems in Warwick and Leamington town centres. At peak times the traffic along Europa Way (even as far as the J14 M40), Gallows Hill, Tachbrook Road and Tachbrook Park Drive are grid locked, your proposed development is situated right along these roads, simply adding to the congestion already experienced. So far you have failed to fix the current problems and there is no evidence on your part to suggest that you will, even for when this proposed development is complete.

o With the demise of AP, Fords, IBM and other firms there is not the work available for incomers. Many people already leave the area to work elsewhere. A large proportion of people living on Warwick Gates commute up and down the M40 or by rail as far away as London.

o We see no sense in carpeting our green spaces with housing for a mobile population to travel elsewhere. Our remaining agricultural land should be preserved to feed future generations.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6896

Derbyniwyd: 09/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Mr J P Garrett

* Utilities, Services (Police, Dentists, and Doctors etc.) are all stretched to the limit now. With both the major hospitals only accessible across congested bridges over the river Avon, I fear for how long it will take emergency cases to get the medical resource they need.

* The huge increase in traffic arising from at least 8000 new cars in this area will result in pollution and add to existing air quality problems in Warwick and Leamington town centres. At peak times the traffic along Europa Way (even as far as the J14 M40), Gallows Hill, Tachbrook Road and Tachbrook Park Drive are grid locked, your proposed development is situated right along these roads, simply adding to the congestion already experienced. So far you have failed to fix the current problems and there is no evidence on your part to suggest that you will, even for when this proposed development is complete.

* With the demise of AP, Fords, IBM and other firms there is not the work available for incomers. Many people already leave the area to work elsewhere. A large proportion of people living on Warwick Gates commute up and down the M40 or by rail as far away as London.

* I see no sense in carpeting our green spaces with housing for a mobile population to travel elsewhere. Our remaining agricultural land should be preserved to feed future generations.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6898

Derbyniwyd: 09/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Mr J P Garrett

2) Warwick Gates children already have to travel out of the catchment area to primary schools, so use some of the land near the estate to build the school you should have included for our children when the development was first proposed.
5) Our local doctors surgeries are already at capacity and facilities at Warwick Hospital have been steadily downgraded during the last five years, with a view to Wallsgrave Hospital serving the whole of Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth and Coventry. Add this to the extra traffic on the roads and there is serious likelihood that lives could be lost as a result of this development

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6900

Derbyniwyd: 20/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Ray Steele

The fact that this very same area has had to put up with the massive growth in population from the Warwick Gates development has been ignored. It is as if it never happened. The truth is we are expected to accept over 4,000 homes on our doorsteps. All in the area that we live in and use in our daily lives, be it going to work, shopping, or visiting dentists and doctors.

Cefnogi

ID sylw: 6902

Derbyniwyd: 25/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Binswood Allotment Society

The exercise of considering the housing needs up to 2026 gives WDC the opportunity to plan for the effects of the growth of traffic.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6907

Derbyniwyd: 22/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Stoneleigh & Ashow Parish Council

Object to Kings Hill site:
The proposal for housing here would swamp the infrastructure of the area. The house number proposed would be several times those that exist in Stoneleigh. This is not a sustainable proposal without extensive infrastructure investment. transport, principally roads, employment, but shopping, medical support, play areas and drainage would all be required.

Cefnogi

ID sylw: 6909

Derbyniwyd: 24/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Budbrooke Parish Council

PC response to consultation: Budbrooke Parish Council have considered the proposals and are pleased to report are in the process of conducting a Housing Needs Survey which will define what is actually needed in the parish. Budbrooke wishes to fiercely protect its green belt land. As BB is not on the drawings/plans at present the PC wish to preserve & protect this area & would therefore be in favour of the current proposals, providing the infrastructure is in place. For example, should the proposed large development south of Heathcote / Warwick Gate happen, it should be guided by the problems of peak time access, lack of amenities etc. as has been experienced in other local and much smaller developments.
However, rather than being told what to do the PC feel Parishes and villages should have a say in what they actually need & want rather than have such large development imposed.

Sylw

ID sylw: 6914

Derbyniwyd: 24/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Warwick Town Council

Notwithstanding the above, residents are being asked to support major development proposals, without any indication of the infrastructure required for the Preferred Option Sites. Similarly no information is available regarding infrastructure relating to the 'Amber Sites'. Again the Town Council seek to support the view that more time is needed for a full appraisal of all sites.
Examples of failure to provide infrastructure are all too available and an example within the District, is South West Warwick.
Tne Town Council calls on the District Council to investigate and determine the infrastructure for all the development options, water and sewage, transport, education, health, roads, shopping, community activities and green space, and the impact of development on existing communities.
To provide evidence to support the assertion that people will work, shop, go to school and spend leisure time, close to new homes in the south of the District, and to address the problems that would be created by the traffic which would actually be created.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6953

Derbyniwyd: 25/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Bishops Tachbrook Parish Council

Infrastructure
The Parish Council believes that significant elements of critical local infrastructure will fail operationally if the large elements of housing development proposed for the farmland to the south of Leamington are built. Notable examples are the bridges over the river and canal and under the railways in Warwick and Leamington. Increasing capacity at these pinch points is not a realistic option. The end result will be gridlock, pollution and an erosion of quality of life. The Parish Council believes that it would be inappropriate to progress the Core Strategy -Preferred Options consultation any further until the impact of infrastructure on those options has been assessed and documented.

Gwrthwynebu

ID sylw: 6975

Derbyniwyd: 23/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Kenilworth Chamber of Trade

Development at Thickthorn, would require additional infrastructure works.

New in/out access direct from Thickthorn island should be created to provide access into the development land at Thickthorn for both commercial/business and residential.

The road should then link through to Glasshouse Lane somewhere near the existing Rugby Club entrance or Rocky Lane. Glasshouse lane could then be downgraded between this new junction and Leamington Road. This would facilitate easier pedestrian and cycle way movements from the new business park up into the town centre, to help sustain services.

Vital that pedestrian/cycle access to the train station is also in place.

Cefnogi

ID sylw: 7009

Derbyniwyd: 24/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Norton Lindsey Parish Council

Supported*infrastructure is usually the last to catch up.

Sylw

ID sylw: 7038

Derbyniwyd: 18/09/2009

Ymatebydd: Cllr Bill Gifford

Vital that there are major additions and improvements to the infrastructure of the District to take into account proposed growth. Need to take into account transport, education, health and drainage. Would like to see major improvements in the provision of cycle paths and bus routes. Need to think carefully about public transport provision and NHS facilities, which even now are totally inadequate. The provision of new schools in the south Warwick and Whitnash area is clearly required.