Object

Preferred Options for Sites

Representation ID: 63272

Received: 25/03/2014

Respondent: Mrs Angela Dubelbeis

Representation Summary:

Danger to travellers children with busy 4177 and the danger of being next to a canal.
Schools already overloaded with extra classrooms built on at two nearby schools only last summer.
Canal a local amenity used by many.
Doctors and hospitals already coping with extra housing to existing estates plus new proposals to build.
Green belt land.

Full text:

I am objecting to the proposed site for travellers on the busy 4177. The site in question is flanked on one side by the busy 4177 and also by the canal on the other side. The road has had various accidents including fatalities in the past few years. There was an accident only last week which brought the police in to direct traffic on a busy bend where there are double white lines. Water and heavy traffic is not compatible for a travellers site due to the danger to the children of the travellers. The canal is a local amenity used by many and the proposed siting of this camp would be detrimentle to the local community and indeed to the canal traffic.
The schools are already overloaded with the two closest having had to each build new classrooms on to take the numbers.
As for doctors and hospitals they are already working to full capacity and even more so with the proposed new housing as well as ongoing building of new developments attached to existing estates.