Extra housing is issue for Kineton villagers

Jeremy Wright MP with Councillor Ken Priddis, chairman of the Kineton Neighbourhood Plan Group. Picture by Graeme Bassett of Kineton Parish Council.

People in Kineton are hoping the creation of a Neighbourhood Development Plan will protect them from any unwanted development in and around the village.

On Saturday the village’s parish council held an open day to go alongside the ongoing consultation into the plan.

And constituency MP Jeremy Wright attended the event along with more than 160 people.

Mr Wright said: “Kineton is a vibrant community and the plan shows it is open to taking a fair share of the increased housing numbers necessary to support the growth in the district.

“I understand concerns about excessive numbers of new developments and unsustainable levels of new housing, particularly where the existing infrastructure is already stretched.

I have familiarised myself with the sites which the community might accept, and also those that it will not. i look forward to supporting the community and the plan through the next stages of development and consultation.”

Work has already started on Bloor Homes’ Kineton Meadows development in Southam Road which will include 90 new houses.