Warwick Planning
The Branch
keeps an eye on planning in the area ...
here are a few current issues ...
Housing - Urban Sprawl Protest
Warwick Town Council organised a Protest Meeting in Warwick on Saturday 19th September. There is great concern about the housing numbers to be imposed on Warwick District and the proposals put forward to accommodate these houses.
Mark Sullivan, our Technical Secretary gave a very clear description of the issues as CPRE sees them.
A large contingent of people was protesting particularly about proposals for land to the south of Harbury Lane.
Mark speaking at Warwick
Housing
- Regional Planning Review
In December 2007, the West Midlands Regional Assembly
submitted revisions to the Regional Strategy proposing that
10,800 extra houses should be built in the district over 20
years – nearly a fifth as many houses again as there
are in the whole of Warwick District now. But in October 2008,
the Nathaniel Lichfield Report, commissioned by the Government,
recommended between 15,800 and 20,800 new homes – an
increase of up to a third in the number of houses in the district.
There is room for only a minority of these within the existing
towns. The great majority would have to be built on greenfield
sites, many of them in the Green Belt, which is supposed to
be protected from development.
The
Examination in Public of the draft Regional Spatial Strategy
was completed in June 2009 and the final report is awaited.
See
our press release dated 11/11/08
See
also the CPRE
West Midlands website
Make your views known to wmrss@wmra.gov.uk
or Join Us
Warwick
District Council has
published a Core Strategy on how the housing target of 10,800
homes may be achieved.
This
is a view of land at Tachbrook Road which may
be filled with houses by 2026
The
consultation paper includes housing land in Leamington Spa
to the west of Europa Way, to the south of Harbury Lane and
a small parcel adjacent to Sydenham estate. It also includes
land in Kenilworth in the Green Belt between Glasshouse Lane
and the A46. Perhaps of most concern is that in addition to
providing the target of 10,800 homes for Warwick district
an area of land at Finham is loosely identified for 7,000
houses for which Coventry may not be able to find land.
Stoneleigh
Park - We remain concerned
at proposals to develop this site for purposes other than
activities relating to the promotion of agriculture. We raised
our concerns at the public inquiry into the local plan but
no change was made. We now know that the Royal Show in 2009
is the last one. We also hear that a major dairy show is moving
from the site to the NEC. What is to be the future of Stoneleigh
Park?
Coventry
Airport - Planning permission refused. Scheduled
passenger flights stop. More information is available here
Warwick
District Local Plan -
The Plan
was agreed in 2007. We appeared at 10 oral hearings and submitted
about 40 written representations. The whole scheme is again
under review as the Local Development Framework (LDF) is being
prepared. We have submitted comments on the draft Core Strategy
for the LDF. We anticipate that the existing Local Plan will
be "saved" until the LDF is completed. |
