Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 56072
Received: 24/07/2013
Respondent: Bryan Bevan
Previous experience at Kites Nest site, Kenilworth "horse fairs" and occupation of Meriden land suggests there will be general disregard for good social behaviour and traffic hazards caused by carts being ridden down busy roads.
Who would own the land? Who pays for the infrastructure?
Can limits on number of occupiers be enforced?
Will occupiers incur and costs?
Will there be legal costs for WDC in enforcing planning rules?
Experience of sites elsewhere suggests laws will be flouted and there will be a totally negative effect on established local communities.
PROSPECTIVE SITE FOR TRAVELLERS/GIPSIES AT SMITHS NURSERIES,BAGINTON
I wish to register my strong objections to the proposal, and moreover to query why the Authority (WDC) has to provide the facility at all!
1.Community experience at Kites Nest, so called "horse fairs"in Kenilworth,and Meriden land occupancy.
*General disregard for good social behaviour by the Travellers eg pubs forced
to close, traffic hazards caused by Sulky type carts being ridden down very
busy roads.
2. Community Costs
* Who would own the land for the prospective site, or any other site in mind?
* What would be the costs of any supporting new infrastructure?Who pays?
*Can the Authority permanently enforce limits to numbers occupying site?
*Will the potential site occupiers pay their way as all other householders do?
* Will there be legal costs borne by the Authority to guarantee planning rules are fully adhered to?
Please look at the well publicised experience of Meriden residents, the Essex farm site and others. It shows how blatantly the Travellers/Gipsies flout the the laws adhered to by conventional householders, and totally negative effect their arrival has on established local communities.