Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 53965
Received: 28/07/2013
Respondent: Ms Kim Enticott
Environmental impact.
Lack of infrastructure.
Impact on wildlife.
Traffic problems.
Lack of suitable local facilities.
Not where they wish to be located.
Blot on the landscape caused by themselves being responsible for maintaining the sites.
No limit on amount of people in situ.
The proposed site does not have the facilities and infrastructure to support such a development. It will also place extreme pressure on our village and roads.
It will also have an adverse effect on the local wildlife that is present in this area.
There is no safe place for access into the field,due to the Banbury Road already being a very fast and busy road.Also Mallory Road in Bishops Tachbrook is extremely busy already as it is used as a cut through for work traffic.
The doctors surgery and school are already over subscribed.
I can't understand why the sites have to be allocated near villages that don't have the facilities required.
I am aware that the travellers have already stated that they would prefer to be located elsewhere.
I am also concerned that they are responsible for maintaining their own sites,as opposed to the local authority,which would result in a lot of problems with vandalism,fly tipping and the impact this would have on our community and countryside.
It says that the size of each site must be between 5 and 15 pitches,but there is no limit on how many people may live within these sites.