In the open meeting held at Lowsonford village hall on Tuesday the 12th of January, the Deaner family finally exposed their plans to build a Marina at Lowsonford. The key points of the proposal were.
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The Marina would comprise berths for 100 canal boats, with offices, a facilities building and parking spaces for 31 cars.
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The site would be approx. 200 yards from the canal bridge that is the main entry into the village from Shrewley.
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The total site including the areas designated to receive the spoil from the Marina construction runs to 18 acres.
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The vehicle access road to the Marina, would be via Rookery Lane, approx. ½ mile from the start point of the lane in Lowsonford.
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Pedestrian access would again be via Rookery Lane, through a new access point approx. ¼ mile up the lane.
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New passing places would apparently be created in the lane.
To understand the size of what is being proposed, and how it overwhelms the village of Lowsonford, we show below a scaled outline of the Marina referenced off the village with the conservation area clearly defined. The information that is being shown is drawn from earlier documents filed by the developers and the memory of plans put on display at the public meeting. This may have minor inaccuracies and could change.
As at the 21st of January, no planning application has been submitted. Once this goes in, those that wish to oppose the proposal should write in to Warwick District Council. Other pages of the LAMAG web site summarise the main points of opposition raised so far which may be helpful to you.
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