Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 55918
Received: 16/07/2013
Respondent: Andrew Rushton
Doctors surgery struggles to support ex community and no capacity for new patients
Nearest primary, junior and secondary schools full to capacity.
High Risk Travel Route with history of serious accidents; especially dangerous at Fosse Way/Harbury Lane cross road.
No bus stops and provision would be unsafe
Fosse Way already a busy and dangerous road especially from Jaguar/Land Rover traffic.
No footways or paths and cycling would be dangerous.
Children cannot be allowed to stand for school transport on busy road.
No mains gas, sewerage or drainage.
Flood risk area.
I wish to object the proposed site GT02 Fosse Way/B425, GT03 and GT04 Land at Barnwell Farm 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.