Object

Gypsy and Traveller Site Options

Representation ID: 59431

Received: 22/07/2013

Respondent: Judith Wilkinson

Representation Summary:


Concerned about traffic generation, and impact on existing school capacity, and local health services which are already at capacity.

Will they actually be paying Council Tax?

Will part of their contract ensure that each site is constantly cleaned up or do we have to live with the mess AND pay for the cleaning up? If the sites are near a main road into Warwick will this affect how visitors view this lovely country town?

Full text:

I would like to enquire as to what the plans are for the infrastructure surrounding your planned increase in housing stock in Hatton Park. My feeling is that to add 70/90 more homes will overload the A4177 to an intolerable level. If each of the new homes has two cars or more that is approximately another two hundred cars trying to get onto the A4177 during the rush hour when it is already extremely difficult to get on to this road right now.

I am also concerned about the schools, surely they are already full, we read in the papers that Warwickshire does NOT have a policy of siblings taking preference when joining a school. Perhaps Warwickshire District Council can explain how a parent can split him/herself into two to collect young children from more than one school? I assume Warwickshire District Council are aware both parents need to work in this day & age to enable the payment of such bills as the Council Tax etc; so how are they meant to cope with the safe collection of their children?

I am also concerned about the capacity in our GP surgeries, will they be able to cope with the added load. Same applies to Warwick Hospital.

All of the above concerns also apply to the plans for Travellers Sites. Will they actually be paying Council Tax? Will part of their contract ensure that each site is constantly cleaned up or do we have to live with the mess AND pay for the cleaning up? If the sites are near a main road into Warwick will this affect how visitors view this lovely country town?

I do hope Warwickshire District Council are really, really thinking about this thoroughly. It would be good not to have another High Street/ Jury Street debacle because that has caused a great deal of trouble to traders & shoppers alike not to mention the dreadful cost to tax payers, & it still isn't finished! Please, please be very careful in your decisions as we will have to live with the end result for a long time.