We oppose the decision taken by Warwick District Council on providing land around the village of Bishops Tachbrook for the purpose of permitting travellers/gypsies to set up temporary home. These people have a total disregard for anyone but themselves and many fund their existence by crime, namely burglary other aspects of theft and damage to property. This I know in dealing with the travellers who set up camp over the years in and around Tachbrook Park. In my capacity as a security provider to businesses on this estate I dealt with the problems as detailed above which were regular when they were present. Recently we had travellers encamped on the edge of our village near your proposed site and they were moved on last Thursday. They have left us with rubbish and human waste which is right beside the main Banbury road and the entrance to Hill Top Farm. We also came across a bird which had been shot with a crossbow bolt. So WDC expect us to tolerate this behaviour on a daily basis? During the discussions with yourselves we identified some sites on the A46 away from decent home owners and people who pay very high council tax and whom you expect to vote for you.

Now to focus the new homes subject. The proposal for the village to take on a very high proportion of new houses is absolutely diabolical. Why does South Warwickshire have to be the place for this horrendous amount of new housing? Some of these houses will be for people who will be working near Baginton so why is North Leamington or Coventry not being looked at for new housing? The old Peugeot factory site still has undeveloped land and there is also sufficient land for you to compulsory buy in and around that area. If you can build a railway (HS2) through greenbelt you could build a few houses on it too.