Object

Gypsy and Traveller Site Options

Representation ID: 52597

Received: 28/06/2013

Respondent: Mr Paul King

Representation Summary:

Disgusted that site at Norton Lindsey is being considered.
Elevated glorious views of the Warwickshire countryside, which cost hundreds of thousands of pounds through house purchase, will be replaced by rows of caravans and a hub of anti-social behaviour. Scheme will devalue house prices by perhaps half and create negative equity forever causing great stress to all concerned.
Norton Lindsey will be forever blighted and never again the peaceful oasis that it presently is.
Appreciates the requirements on the council but there has to be better options than destroying Norton Lindsey and the lives of local people.

Full text:

I write to express my utter disgust that the site at Warwick Road Norton Lindsey is being considered as a gypsy site.
As a resident of Hawkes Hill Close Norton Lindsey, instead of my elevated glorious views of the Warwickshire countryside for which I paid hundreds of thousands of pounds re my house purchase, I will potentially be looking down at rows of caravans and a hub of anti-social behaviour. The proposed site is directly in our viewline as we look out of our lounge window.

If this scheme goes ahead, it will devalue my house by perhaps half and put me into negative equity for the rest of my life. This is causing great stress to myself, my wife and family.
The wider picture is that the beautiful village that is Norton Lindsey will be forever blighted and never again the peaceful oasis that it presently is.

I appreciate the obligations that the council has but surely, I beg you, there has to be better options than destroying Norton Lindsey and the lives of the people that live in such close proximity to the planned camp.