Object

Gypsy and Traveller Site Options

Representation ID: 54686

Received: 03/08/2013

Respondent: John Ludlow

Representation Summary:

Main objection is that local towns already unable to handle peak time traffic volumes. Also local schools and hospitals are at or near capacity and unlikely to increase capacity.

Very much against permanent or temporary camps for itinerants. Council must be aware of how Myton Fields were left after a recent visit. A democracy should be for the needs of the majority not bending to the "needs" of minority groups. If the government is driving this issue then there should be one large camp next door to David Cameron's house in the Cotswolds.

Full text:

My main objection is that the local towns are not capable of dealing with the current volume of traffic at peak times without adding several more thousand houses.
In addition our local schools and hospitals are already at or very near capacity and there are no definite plans to increase the capacity of either.

I am also very much against the provision of either permanent of temporary transit camps for itinerants from any source. The council must be aware of the state that Myton Fields were left in after a fairly recent visit from them. I don't understand why we are constantly bending to the "needs" of minority groups when a democracy should be for the needs of the majority. If it is the government who is driving the issue of camps then I suggest that there should be one large permanent camp next door to David Cameron's house in the Cotswolds as I am sure that the itinerants would welcome the opportunity to live in a very pleasant rural community.