Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 55640
Received: 28/07/2013
Respondent: Mrs Anne Steele
The site does not meet the Council's site requirements and therefore does not address the Issues affecting the Gypsy and Traveller community. In general, the site is remote from amenities and would place unreasonable pressure on local infrastructure and services. The proximity of major roads and existing communities to the site will create potential for noise and disturbance.
The proposed location cannot be integrated into the landscape without harming the character of the area. The potential visual impact on the approach to Warwick will damage tourist Industry and the local economy.
Businesses within the Bishop's Tachbrook Area may also suffer; Listed Buildings in Bishop's Tachbrook may be subject to possible damage; if the site is used as a place of work, there is a threat of pollution to the Tachbrook Brook; loss of good quality arable land. Overall there will be an adverse impact on important features of the natural and historic environment.
Bishop's Tachbrook Primary School & Nursery are oversubscribed. Providing the additional support required by Gypsy and Traveller children will be difficult to provide without adversely impacting all pupils without additional funding from the County Council.
Site access directly on to roads within 50 mph speeds doesn't enable safe access to the road network, especially if large caravans are turning. There are no pedestrian footpaths or public transport links. School children will have to wait for school buses on main roads or be transported to safe bus stops by car or all the way to school. This is not a sustainable solution.
The provision of utilities on the sites is questionable.
Where will the Gypsy & Traveller Community find work?
The site is likely to be operated by the Gypsy Community and not the Council so the actual numbers of people on site won't be regulated or controlled.
Please accept this as my OBJECTION TO:
Reference: Proposed Sites for Gypsies and Travellers
GT03 Land at Barnwell Farm, Harbury Lane
GT04 Land at Harbury Lane, Fosse Way
For the following reasons:-
1. Access to local Amenities:
* The nearest doctors surgery has no capacity for the influx of new patients.
* The nearest primary junior and secondary schools are already at capacity.
2. Travel
* The site is on a High Risk travel route with more than 12 serious accidents in last 3 years.
* No bus stop is available on the Fosse Way and providing one would be unsafe for road users.
* The Fosse Way is already busy and dangerous, especially from increased Jaguar/Land Rover traffic to and from Gaydon.
* No path or pavement to walk anywhere and cycting is dangerous on busy commuter routes.
* Children cannot be allowed to stand on a busy road to wait for transport to school.
3. Rural Environment / Other
* The proposed site will have a visual impact from Harbury and The Fosse Way.
* The proposed site has no mains gas, mains sewerage or drainage.
* Damage to wildlife habitat.
* It is a flood risk area often flooding at the end of Middle Road, Harbury Lane and fields.