The reallocation of greenbelt land for development is fundamentally unsustainable. This land should not be given up just because it has been earmarked for development at several times in its history. The majority of the land you are proposing to take from the greenbelt is currently farmland which once lost can never be regained.

In All, it appears that the area of land has been chosen for development simply because it is easier for the developers to build there and not because it is the right place to develop a new community in Warrington.
There are numerous small parcels of brownfield land throughout Warrington that would allow true sustainable development to take place, but such small scale developments are not appealing to developers as they do not provide enough profit.

Should the plan be enacted, transport is going to be a major issue from the newdevelopment..The transport model provided as evidence to support the plan states that ~60% of journeys from the urban extension will be to destinations within Warrington. However, you have only commited to providing two new roads out of the development which both face away from Warrington. The existing road infrastructure south of the ship canal cannot sustain a development of this size without severe impact on existing Residents/properties. No consideration appears to have been made into mitigating this additional traffic which is likely to see Lumb Brook Road and Broad Lane as viable routes out of the development and into the other Warrington suburbs. Both of the above mentioned roads have major pinch points as they cross the Bridgewater canal. The only other (non rat-run) exit from this proposed development is via Lyons lane. This will again put additional load on the already congested road network through Stockton Heath.

The proposed development is a significant distance from any areas of employment (with the exception of the proposed warehousing area, however the majority of employees in a warehouse would not earn enough to able to afford to live in the new development) so commuting by walking/cycling is not going to be as prevalent as is optimistically stated in the proposal.

Public transport is mentioned frequently in the proposal for the area, however nothing is mentioned of what form this will take, or how it will be funded. If existing routes will be extended/rerouted into the new development, has any modelling been done to show how these changes will affect peoples choices to use public transport? If new routes will be created, how will they be funded as initially, ridership will be low and so the services will be run at a loss.