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Gypsy and Traveller Site Options

Representation ID: 56314

Received: 29/07/2013

Respondent: Lisa O'Callaghan

Representation Summary:

Very upset that Bishop's Tachbrook chosen as potential site for travellers. Cannot believe how close sites are to village housing and how many there are. They will be highly unsuitable for travellers being so close to busy main road , no proper facilities ie sewage, running water and no footpaths to village. Surely you are putting travellers in danger?

Schools are already over subscribed and having to educate these children will put pressure on our small village school. There must be other sites which are more suitable or closer to facilities.

Also worried about sites expanding. What if they break the rules and move more people in than the allocated number of families? Who governs that and what can they do to move them on? It could be like Dale Farm. Have lived in this beautiful area all my life and would hate to see it ruined by traveller sites getting out of hand!

Full text:

I am writing to say how upset I am that Bishops Tachbrook has been chosen as a potential site for travellers. I cannot believe how close the sites are to village housing and how many there are. I believe these sites will be highly unsuitable for traveller families being so close to a busy main road , no proper facilities ie sewage running water and also no foot paths to the local village. Surely you are putting these people in danger?
Schools are already over subscribed and full to the brim how do you plan to educate these children and what sort of pressure will they put on our small village school? Surely there are other sites in the area more suitable or closer to better facilities ?
What also worries me is these sites over expanding. It's all well and good allocating a certain number of families to the land but what happens when they do g stick to the rules and move loads more people in? Who governs that and what can they do to get them to move on? It could turn into Dalefarm all over again. I have lived in this beautiful area for all my life and would hate to see it ruined by traveller sites getting out of hand!