Object

Representation ID: 64821

Received: 05/05/2014

Respondent: Ufton Parish Council

a: Where the site is proposed, that stretch of the Fosse Way is very dangerous, with numerous accidents occurring.

b: The landowner is NOT willing to sell so requiring the Council to obtain Compulsory Purchase Powers. This means permission will have to be sought and the Government recently clarified in a Ministerial Statement that "Permission will ONLY be given if NO other suitable site(s) are available". It is Ufton Parish Council's contention that there are other more suitable sites available.

c: No suitable medical facilities are close to the proposed site, i.e. they do not fall within the catchment areas of Harbury or Southam and will therefore have to travel into Bishop's Tachbrook or Leamington Spa.

Conclusion:

Ufton Parish Council considered the consultation document very carefully and decided that neither GT02 or GT04 were suitable for Gypsies & Travllers Sites for the reasons set our below:

1: There are NO suitable educational facilities close to either proposed site

2: There are NO suitable medical facilities close to either site

3: Both sites will increase the dangers to road safety, being sited close to very busy and dangerous stretches of the Fosse Way.

The Parish Council contends that there are more appropriate sites available that will be better suited as Gypsy - Traveller sites, which can satisfy the required criteria.