Ref GT02: Safe Access - There will be no safe access on to the well used Fosse Way. This is already a high casualty area and potential development would only increase it. This would be of particular risk to traveller families with young children.
Ref GT02: Local Amenities - The only public transport access (bus stop) is on the A425. Access to this bus stop from the proposed site would require walking along the unmade grass verge of the Fosse Way and across the roundabout, where no paths are present or possible. Traffic along all roads leading to the roundabout is going at approx 50 miles an hour, so this route is not even safe for adults, far less for families with young children.
Ref GT02: Use of the Site - The only non-residential activity in the area is arable farming. As the consultation guidance mentions that "some travellers live and work from the same location" this will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence between the site and present local community.
Ref GT02: Local Landscape - This proposed site slopes up from the Fosse Way meaning it would be exposed and open to the Fosse Way, unlike some other proposed sites which would provide the traveller camp with more privacy. This proposed site could not be integrated without harming the landscape of the area.
Ref GT02: Noise Levels - The Fosse Way is extremely busy and this section has fast moving traffic, which will generate a high level of noise and disruption to the site. If travellers are also trying to work from their living site this would be particularly difficult at busy times of road use.
Ref GT02: Provision of Utilities - There is no mains waste water service in the area and the implementation of such on other local developments has been extremely expensive, both to install and maintain.