Object

Preferred Options for Sites

Representation ID: 64493

Received: 05/05/2014

Respondent: Mrs Caroline Wilkie

Representation Summary:


Objects to the site as being entirely unsuitable for this purpose for the following reasons:

1. The site is Green Belt land and Warwick District Council have in the past few years rejected an application from the owner to put a caravan site there because it is Green Belt land.

2. The site is not safe for children - it is between a very busy road (A4177) and the canal and the railway line.

3. The nearest GP Practice and school are over a mile away in Hampton Magna.

4. The site would be located next to "Hatton Flight" locks on the canal and would spoil the character of the area. This is a place that many locals and tourists visit each year.
5. The site is low lying and adjacent to the canal with risk of flooding. The Birmingham Road has a problem with flooding along this stretch of road every year.

6. The Birmingham Road has already had several accidents in the last few years, the increase in traffic and use of caravans and lorries on and off the site are likely to increase this risk.

7. The site is adjacent to residential properties who will lose considerable amenity due to the likely increase in noise and disturbance on the site.

Full text:

I am writing to formally object to the proposed Gypsy & Traveller site located on the Birmingham Road (Ref GT19).

This location is entirely unsuitable for this purpose because:

1. The site is Green Belt land and Warwick District Council have in the past few years rejected an application from the owner to put a caravan site there because it is Green Belt land.
2. The site is not safe for children - it is between a very busy road (A4177) and the canal and the railway line.
3. The nearest GP Practice and school are over a mile away in Hampton Magna.
4. The site would be located next to "Hatton Flight" locks on the canal and would spoil the character of the area. This is a place that many locals and tourists visit each year.
5. The site is low lying and adjacent to the canal with risk of flooding. The Birmingham Road has a problem with flooding along this stretch of road every year.
6 . The Birmingham Road has already had several accidents in the last few years, the increase in traffic and use of caravans and lorries on and off the site are likely to increase this risk.
7. The site is adjacent to residential properties who will lose considerable amenity due to the likely increase in noise and disturbance on the site.