Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 55742
Received: 22/07/2013
Respondent: Kirsty Watkinson
Nearest doctors' surgery struggles to support the village and does not have the capacity for new patients.
Nearest primary, junior and secondary schools also at full capacity.
Site on High Risk Travel Route with history of accidents and especially dangerous at Fosse Way/Harbury Lane crossroads.
No bus stops available and provision would be unsafe
Fosse Way already very bust and dangerous, especially from Jaguar/ Land Rover traffic.
No footways and cycling dangerous.
Children cannot be allowed to stand on busy road for school transport.
No mains gas, sewerage or drainage.
Flood risk area.
I wish to object the proposed site GT02 land for Gypsies and Travellers.
My comments and concerns are as follows:
1. Access to Local Amenities
- The nearest doctors surgery appears to be Harbury which currently struggles to support the village itself, it certainly does not have capacity for an influx of new patients.
- Likewise with the nearest primary, junior and secondary schools these are also at full capacity.
2. Travel
- The proposed site is on a high risk travel route with more that 12 serious accidents in the last 3 years and is especially dangerous where the Fosse Way meets the Harbury Lane crossroads.
- There are no bus stops available on the Fosse way and because of the volume of traffic providing one would be unsafe for other road users.
- The Fosse way is already a very busy and dangerous road, especially from the increased Jaguar/Land Rover traffic.
- More importantly there are no paths or pavements to walk anywhere and cycling on the Fosse would be very dangerous when the road is already used as a busy commuter route.
- And children cannot be allowed to stand on a busy road to wait for school transport.
3. Rural Environment
- The proposed site has no mains gas, mains sewerage or drainage.
- It is a flood risk area, often flooding at the end of Middle Road, Harbury Lane fields.