Thank you for your email. I am writing with my objections to the inclusion of Site 16 in the Draft Local Plan. In particular the loss of Green Belt that will occur , there will be no boundary to protect the Green Belt and the fact that the local infrastructure would not be able to handle the development.

Primary schools and doctor's surgeries in both Hampton-in-Arden and Yew Tree Lane are already at capacity and Catherine de Barnes has neither.

Site 16 was reviewed in the SHLAA 2012 assessment and its suitability for development was rejected then for reasons which I feel were correct at the time and are still equally valid today.

The infrastructure is unable to meet the pressure from 600 new dwellings. There is no public transport along Lugtrout Lane and that along Hampton Lane is inadequate. The medical services in Yew Tree Lane and Hampton are at capacity and Catherine de Barnes has none.

The primary schools are also at capacity.

The rural roads serving the proposed site, Lugtrout Lane and Field Lane are narrow and rural in character which makes them unsuitable for the increase flow of traffic the development would result in. Also the existing junctions either end of Lugtrout Lane do not have the capacity to handle the additional traffic that would be generated. There is no footpath along most of Lugtrout Lane.

I therefore strongly oppose the development of site 16 due to the above.