A STAGGERING 55 listed buildings have been ignored by the team planning to build a high-speed rail line near Stoneleigh.
Parts of the Warwickshire village, which has one of the highest concentrations of listed properties in the UK, could be decimated by the HS2 proposal.
Members of an action group, formed to challenge the plans, gathered last week to voice their opposition.
Philip Bull, 35, who is leading the charge despite commuting to London every day for work, said: “They’ve highlighted three listed buildings in this proposal and missed 55. It’s another thing that’s been pushed to one side.
“What’s extraordinary is that for us, people who use Coventry train station, things will get worse.
“The number of trains going from here to London will be cut from three to one. The whole proposal is crackers.
“The trains are supposed to be twice as long as a Pendolino, which carries 440 people. It’s just one of the figures that doesn’t stack up.”
The meeting, held at the village hall, included pictures showing the village overshadowed by a giant bridge.
An engineering expert said noise from the elevated line would be heard every three minutes.
Cec White, from the village, said: “Somebody’s got one hell of a cheek telling us this line is going to be 100 yards away from some of our homes. Someone should have spoken to us about this first – we shouldn’t be dictated to.”
Another resident Alec Sanders added: “Support for this scheme has almost become a political sound bite. It’s about status and no one seems to care about the people, like us, who will be affected.”
Organisers have vowed to work with other groups opposing the high-speed line to pool resources and co-ordinate opposition to the high-speed line.
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