Object

Preferred Options for Sites

Representation ID: 63970

Received: 06/04/2014

Respondent: Cllr Alan Rhead

Representation Summary:

No doctors surgery in Barford
Placing sites on side of Barford Bypass requires crossing busy road to access village facilities. While restricted to 50mph, is main artery between M40 and Commercial/Industrial estates in Wellesbourne; to ask children/adults to cross this road is dangerous.
Traffic noise from the Bypass would be unhealthy for residents
Sites are either in flood risk area or area provided to the village for green space amenity.
More appropriate areas either within new housing developments where land could easily be allocated for sufficient pitches or off Fosse Way near the Warwickshire Exhibiton Centre.
Sites would require a lengthy and expensive CPO process;

Full text:

I would lke to add my own comments in support of those made by Councillor Sawdon with particular reference to the Barford Sites being inappropriate and thus requesting that they should be removed from the ultimate consideration:-
1. Contrary to the report there is no doctors surgery in Barford and none has existed in the village for more than 30 years;
2. Placing these sites on the side of the Barford Bypass away from the village means that to access the village facilities requires crossing a busy new bypass that, while restricted to 50mph, is the main artery between the M40 and the Commercial/Industrial estates in Wellesbourne; to ask children and adults to cross this road is a dangerous proposal;
3. Notwithstanding the issue in 2 above the traffic noise from the Bypass would be unhealthy for residents in these pitches;
4. The sites are either in a flood risk area or are in an area provided to the village by WCC for a green space amenity.
5. There are other more appropriate areas such as either within the new housing developments where land could easily be allocated for sufficient pitches or off the Fosse Way near the roundabout at the Warwickshire Exhibiton Centre.
6. The sites would require a lengthy and expensive CPO process;