Why are all the houses on our side of town?

The Revised Local Plan calls now calls for 12,300 new homes to be built in the next 17 years of which 4,500 will be south of Warwick plus another 500 east of Whitnash.

Bryan Houston, chairman of Chase Meadows Residents’ Association was among those asking questions, some 28 of which were submitted to the district’s deputy chief executive Andrew Jones before the meeting, which lasted more than two and a half hours.

Mr Houston said: “It was clear that the majority of people had particular concerns about how the bulk of the proposals within the plan have centred on south and west Warwick with little or no impact in the north of the district. Also particular concern was raised about certain outspoken councillors voicing their rejection of proposals in their wards yet who were still part of the decision-making process and so giving a bias to outcomes.”

Five of the county council’s proposed gypsy sites are also in close proximity to Chase Meadows and the nearby Forbes estate which led to more arguments.

Mr Jones pointed out that fields to the south and south west of the town were chosen because the areas north of Warwick and around Kenilworth are officially designated Green Belt.

Cllr Linda Bromley (Con, Warwick South), who is against the revised plan, says she hoped people came away with the understanding that objections have to be made on solid planning grounds such as the lack of infrastructure, a flooding risk, contaminated land, and similar concerns.

Cllr Bromley said: “There was some jeering at the meeting and in my view a lack of trust in some of the answers people were given. However, it is important that everyone takes the opportunity of writing to the council by July 29.”