GT03 Land at Barnwell Farm
Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57354
Received: 26/07/2013
Respondent: Julie Wilson
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57361
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: Hadley Farms Ltd
Nearest GP at capacity.
Nearest schools at capacity.
On high risk travel route.
No bus stop on Fosse Way which is already busy and dangerous.
No footpath and cycling dangerous on commuter route.
Children cannot stand on busy road to wait for bus to school.
Visual impact from Harbury and Fosse Way.
No mains gas, mains sewerage or drainage.
Damage to wildlife habitat.
Flood risk at end of Middle Road, Harbury Lane and fields.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57379
Received: 26/07/2013
Respondent: Harbury Parish Council
Site not suitable. Nearest medical facility is Harbury where surgery is struggling to cope with demand. No suitable medical facilities close to site.
Harbury school oversubscribed. No suitable education facilities close to site.
No footways adding to accident risk. Not on public transport networks.
Site on busy main road. 60mph and recent history of accidents including fatalities. Adding traffic would increase risk especially if slow moving eg caravans/trailers. No safe access to road network.
Parts on flood maps and at risk of flooding.
Detrimental impact on historic landscape (Roman Fort and iconic windmill adjacent)
Would place considerable strain on local resources and facilities. Impact largely on neighbouring District or Stratford.
Response to WDC Consultation on Gypsy and Traveller Sites
The three proposed sites that are either abutting or adjacent to the parish are: GT02, GT03 and GT04.
GTO2 - Land either side of the Fosse Way (B4455) north of the junction with the A425.
GT03 - Land SE of the junction of Harbury Lane and the Fosse Way (aka Bendigo Mitchell Crossroads)
GT04 - Land NW of the junction of Harbury Lane and the Fosse Way.
Harbury Parish Council fully accepts that WDC and SDC should provide suitable sites for travellers. However it does not believe that these specific sites are suitable on planning grounds.
The consultation document suggests a number of criteria that might make a site suitable for traveller use.
Medical facilities - the nearest medical facility to these three sites is the surgery in Harbury. Discussions with the Senior Partner at Harbury surgery indicate that the surgery is already struggling to cope with demand. It has more than 6,000 registered patients since it serves Harbury, Bishops Itchington, and a number of the smaller surrounding communities including Ufton and Chesterton. Without significant extra resources to physically expand the medical facilities, there is no way the surgery could accept additional patients. Conclusion: There are no suitable medical facilities close to the proposed sites.
Schooling - the nearest primary school is Harbury Primary, but as with the surgery, it is already oversubscribed by children in the catchment area. School age children would likely have to travel into Leamington. Conclusion: There are no suitable educational facilities close to the proposed sites.
Public transport - these sites are not ideal. At GT03 & GT04 there are no footpaths for pedestrians, and might require a stop on the Fosse Way itself, adding to the accident risk. Conclusion: The proposed sites are not on existing public transport networks.
Safe access to the road network - All of these proposed sites are on a busy main road. The speed limit is 60mph and there have 57 accidents in the past five years on the Fosse between the B4100 and the A425. Three people have lost their lives in road accidents on this part of the Fosse in the past three years alone. Adding more traffic to this road, particularly junctions would inevitably increase the accident risk, particularly if some of those vehicles are slow moving (eg caravans/trailers). The potential risk both to travellers and the local population makes each of these three sites unsuitable. Conclusion: These sites do not offer safe access to the road network.
Flooding - Parts of GT03 and GT04 are noted on the flood maps on the Environment Agency website as being at risk of flooding. Conclusion: WDC should research these sites comprehensively to assess the flood risk.
Impact on the historic landscape - both GT03 and GT04 are adjacent to the Roman Fort at Chesterton and the iconic windmill at Chesterton. Conclusion: The sites would have a detrimental impact on the historic landscape.
It is also noted that these three proposed sites, along with several others (GT1, GT10, GT12, & GT16) are on the boundary between Warwick and Stratford Districts. The impact of any traveller sites would thus largely be felt in the neighbouring district and not by council-tax payers in Warwick district.
Summary
As all three proposed sites would place considerable strain on the local resources and facilities, while also adding to the accident risk, it would appear that GT02, GT03 or GT04 are not suitable sites for travellers.
Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57383
Received: 26/07/2013
Respondent: Pauline Hughes
Site adj The Fosse unsuitable for occupation. Isolated rural area.
More suitable locations should be investigated with local infrastructure, and better access to transport. Will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence. Travellers stays will be temporary.
Dear Sir/Madam
Proposed Travellers' Sites by Warwick District Council
I have considered the proposed sites for the Travellers' Sites by your Council and, in particular, those numbered GT02, GT03 and GT04.
I am incredulous that Warwick District Council would consider the compulsory purchase of Site GT02, the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, for this purpose. Apart from the significant impact this proposal would have on the property owner's home it has, potentially, significant implications for the operation of the Exhibition Centre which existence will be at the risk of closure if the scheme proceeds. It is my understanding that the mere suggestion of the local authority compulsorily acquiring this site in order to accommodate Travellers, has been sufficient for the Exhibition Centre to lose prospective business opportunities. The implications are self-evident in the potential loss of forty jobs for the local community being placed at risk. Warwick District Council should factor this issue into its calculations when giving further consideration to this proposal and have regard to the fact that an economic impact assessment submits that the Exhibition Centre contributes more than £2 million to the local economy each year, with knock-on business at risk and this at a time when the country desperately needs local investment.
The site is wholly inappropriate in that its proposed position is on a High Risk travel route with more than 12 serious accidents in the last three years; the adjacent bus stop in on an overgrown verge, with no pavement and is potentially dangerous. There is no path or pavement to walk anywhere and cycling is dangerous on busy commuter routes.
Has the Council considered that in close proximity to this site HS2 Ltd proposes to construct a tunnel portal and a twin-bored tunnel under Long Itchington Wood along with all that entails including a construction site compound, providing the site with office and living and welfare accommodation and parking. The compound would provide administration and support facilities for the majority of the Proposed Scheme in the area. The adjacent areas would be used for the temporary storage of any topsoil stripped as part of the works. A material reprocessing facility would also be located within the site compound for recycling demolition materials and aggregates for re-use (crushing, screening and grading plants). Therefore, in addition to the air pollution generated by the usual vehicles using The Fosse, which will impact upon those living on the site, there will be noise and air pollution arising from the construction works conducted by HS2 Ltd and the proposed tunnel workings will be active 24/7, in addition to the significant number of spoil carrying lorries and other earth moving equipment.
The proposed site is ill placed for access to local amenities in that the nearest doctors' surgery has no capacity for the influx of new patients and the nearest available doctor's surgery almost five miles away with no direct bus service.
The proposed site is listed on the Archaeological Register with Ancient Pottery having recently been recovered and the land is on a historic Toll site from medieval times.
The proposal, which suggests a site for 15 Travellers' families along with caravans, trailers, trucks, vehicles and lorries, etc will be detrimental to the visual amenity of this rural area destroying the visual impact across the valley gateway to Leamington and Warwick not to mention the damage which will be caused to wildlife habitat, and the fact that the site is adjacent to protected ancient woodland. It will simply serve to blight the area and the landscape.
As for the proposed sites GT03 and GT04, these again are sited next to The Fosse and it strikes me that neither they nor site GT02 are in any way appropriate for the occupation of Travellers and their families. They are isolated rural areas and if Travellers sites are needed then it would seem that more suitable locations should be investigated which could offer the benefit of local infrastructure such as shops, schools, doctors and dental surgeries and better access to local transport. It entirely defeats the Council's stated aim to "Promotes peaceful and integrated co-existence between the site and the local community". The chosen sites cannot be said to be in a community and the itinerant nature of Travellers means their stays will be temporary and not permanent.
I strongly object to Warwick District Council's proposal to compulsorily purchase any of the above sites for its stated purpose. It is unlikely that the Council's aims and objectives will be met by proceeding with this proposal on these sites.
Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57388
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: Sarah williams
Village has very few resources.
School is oversubscribed and couldn't meet demands of GT community.
Site backs onto busy road putting children and adults at risk as there are no pavements and a lack of public transport.
This site is very remote and not in reach of major amenities.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57392
Received: 26/07/2013
Respondent: Mr David Thistlethwaite
Nearest GP surgery has no capacity for new patients.
Schools are at capacity.
Site on high risk travel route.
No bus stop on Fosse Way. Provision would be dangerous.
Already busy road with speeding traffic, especially at commuting times.
No path to walk and cycling dangerous on busy commuter route.
Children cannot stand on busy road waiting for transport to school.
Visual impact from Harbury and Fosse Way.
No mains gas, sewerage or drainage.
Damage to wildlife habitat.
Flood risk at end of Middle Road, Harbury Lane and fields.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57393
Received: 26/07/2013
Respondent: Mrs Barbara Thistlethwaite
Nearest GP surgery has no capacity for new patients.
Schools are at capacity.
Site on high risk travel route.
No bus stop on Fosse Way. Provision would be dangerous.
Already busy road with speeding traffic, especially at commuting times.
No path to walk and cycling dangerous on busy commuter route.
Children cannot stand on busy road waiting for transport to school.
Visual impact from Harbury and Fosse Way.
No mains gas, sewerage or drainage.
Damage to wildlife habitat.
Flood risk at end of Middle Road, Harbury Lane and fields.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57396
Received: 26/07/2013
Respondent: S F Wooley
Remote from GP surgery.
Schools are either fully subscribed or with few places.
Public transport satisfactory but irrelevant as residents will use own vehicles. Bus stop but no pedestrian links.
Prone to flooding.
Additional traffic on existing busy, noisy road with dangerous junctions. Fosse Way is high risk route.
No mains sewerage, drainage or gas. Electricity supply needs upgrading.
Poor phone and broadband provision.
Fosse Way is Roman road where there is likely to be archaeological remains which would be destroyed. Also site of tollhouse.
Impact on views from Chesterton Windmill.
Site cannot be integrated into landscape being at the bottom of the valley and not easily screened.
Small local community would be absorbed by new residents resulting in lack of integration.
Impact on local businesses.
Urbanisation.
Loss of quality farmland.
Major invasion into openness of countryside.
Result in ribbon development.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57400
Received: 28/07/2013
Respondent: Tom Satinet
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Comment
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57404
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Rosemary Eld
Take into account traffic on Fosse Way when considering sites. Busy and fast road made dangerous by bends and hills.
Existing businesses are potential hazards.
New roundabout should be considered at crossroads of Fosse Way and Harbury Lane.
Mill Street, Harbury very busy with more road parking required by residents and those dropping children off at school, visiting doctor's surgery and for staff. Agricultural traffic adds to congestion with no means of widening the road. Should be very little development near the village in future so as not to exacerbate the problem.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57408
Received: 26/07/2013
Respondent: Timothy Satinet
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57411
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Christopher Thompson
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57414
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Peter Thompson
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57417
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Phillip Thompson
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57420
Received: 26/07/2013
Respondent: Mr & Mrs Nicholas & Helen Green
Site on Fosse Way which is difficult for local residents already. Narrow road and additional large vehicles in and out of site would be dangerous.
Unsuitable for pedestrians with no bus stop on Fosse Way. Dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists.
Harbury surgery already full.
Local school full.
Detailed and careful planning for new houses in village to cater for local needs. Further development would have overwhelming impact.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57465
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Kevin Mcmahon
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57481
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Mrs Susan Dormer
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57483
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Mr Keith Dormer
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57485
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Ian Jones
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57487
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Suzanne Gore Jones
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57566
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: Helen Lavery
Cannot be integrated into landscape without harming character of the area.
Threat to historical Bishop's Tachbrook and possible damage to listed buildings.
Site on good quality agricultural land needed for food production.
Adverse impact on natural and historic environment including pollution and contamination of the Tach Brook.
Remote and with no pedestrian links/public transport.
Lack of full time GP surgery and of school places. Impact on education of existing children if educationally disadvantaged children join the school with no additional resources on offer.
Lack of employment for GT community.
Perceived increase in crime rates.
Decrease in house values. Stigma attached to such sites with knock on effects on local businesses and the tourist industry.
Site will not promote peaceful integrated co-existence.
Alarm at number of sites proposed close to Bishop's Tachbrook.
Brownfield sites should be utilised instead of green belt, countryside and english heritage. All facilities are available within the town.
Occupancy cannot be regulated. Sites to be operated by GT community and not Council means there will be no way of restricting numbers or of expansion of sites.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57567
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: Karen Wood
Majority of sites proposed around Bishop's Tachbrook. Village has few resources. Most villagers commute to work.
School is oversubscribed. Will school have resources to support children with little formal education and struggling to integrate into that environment.
Secondary school also oversubscribed.
All sites remote from employment and facilities.
Limited public transport.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57569
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: Emma Hartley
Object on the grounds that the proposals will lead to:
-damage to the historic environment and tourism
-pollution of the Tachbrook
-risk of flooding
-concerns about road safety
There is also a lack of employment opportunities and lack of school places.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57575
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: M F Middleton
Local amenities are at full stretch.
On high risk highway.
No paths/pavements for pedestrians. Cycling not advisable.
Visual impact from Chesterton Windmill and Hill, a view for tourists visiting heritage asset.
Flood plain where no building should take place.
No mains services requiring considerable investment in a rural area which would not be cost-effective for so few households.
Loss of farmland and concern about stray dogs worrying sheep/cattle.
Many businesses which will suffer.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57576
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: Mr William H Middleton
Local amenities are at full stretch.
On high risk highway.
No paths/pavements for pedestrians. Cycling not advisable.
Visual impact from Chesterton Windmill and Hill, a view for tourists visiting heritage asset.
Flood plain where no building should take place.
No mains services requiring considerable investment in a rural area which would not be cost-effective for so few households.
Loss of farmland and concern about stray dogs worrying sheep/cattle.
Many businesses which will suffer.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57577
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: Mrs Sharon Jane Warner
Nearest GP has no capacity for more patients.
Nearest schools at capacity.
High risk travel route.
No bus stop on Fosse Way which is dangerous.
No footpath to walk and cycling dangerous on commuter route. Children cannot stand on busy road to wait for transport to school.
Visual impact from Harbury and Fosse Way.
No mains gas, sewerage or drainage.
Damage to wildlife habitat.
Fllod risk at end of Middle Road, Harbury Lane and fields.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57825
Received: 10/09/2013
Respondent: Bishops Itchington Parish Council
Concerned about the impact on Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, the doctors' surgery whose patient list is already full and the primary schools in Harbury and Bishop's Itchington.
I know that the consultation closed on 29 July 2013, but Bishop's Itchington Parish Council has asked me to make its views known to WDC. The council shares the concerns of Harbury Parish Council, in particular with regard to the impact that the proposed locations in Harbury Lane and adjacent to Warwickshire Exhibition Centre on the Fosse Way would have on our shared services. These comprise the doctors' surgery whose patient list is already full and which also serves Bishop's Itchington (it is the only medical practice serving our two villages), and the primary schools in each village. We hope that these comments may still be included.
Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57855
Received: 25/07/2013
Respondent: Mrs Jo Spurr
1. Object to using greenfield sites
2. Agricultural land is needed to feed the growing population
3. why take land from farmers who work hard to provide good class cattle, sheep and produce?
4. high unemployment in area, where will they work?
5. Harbury is nearest village - resources will be on Stratford DC.
6. Sugges brow field site they can buy and develop.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57966
Received: 24/07/2013
Respondent: Keiron Nicholls
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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Object
Gypsy and Traveller Site Options
Representation ID: 57974
Received: 24/07/2013
Respondent: Mr Nigel Southam
This site is in excess of 1.5 miles from any GP surgery but local surgeries are full.
Harbury Primary School is full. Schools in Whitnash (2+ miles away) have only limited capacity.
There is a bus stop on Harbury Lane but there is no pedestrian links from it to the potential site. Travelling community unlikely to use public transport.
Area is prone to flooding and is effectively a flood plain. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable. Harbury Lane is often flooded and impassable.
Site will generate additional traffic movements each day at the junction of two major roads. Highway improvements would be necessary (creating more urbanisation) but will still add to existing peak time delays. Fosse Way is a designated High Risk Route by the County Council. More than 12 Serious Accidents at this junction over the last 3 years.
The Fosse Way is a very busy main road, generating both noise and disturbance
The proposed site has no mains sewerage, drainage or gas and electricity supply is a limited rural line and may need to be upgraded to any increase in demand.. Site is too far from the Whitnash Telephone Exchange to provide an adequate telephone or internet service and does not have a reliable mobile phone service.
Site is near the Fosse Way's original alignment so archaeological remains are likely to be destroyed by the development, especially as remains from nearby 17th century tollhouse have been found in the area. Site would blight vistas from Grade 1 Listed Chesterton Mill.
The proposed site is larger than Barnwell Farm and will cover 0.8 hectare (8000 m²) and could possibly increase in size. The site is at the bottom of the valley so not possible to integrate this use into the landscape without harming the visual appearance and character of the area especially as the site is also very visible from Chesterton Hill. It could be a precedent for further ribbon development.
The villages of Harbury and Whitnash are over 1.5 miles away. The very small community of houses within half a mile of the site would be absorbed by the 120 travelling community so the site will not promote peaceful and integrated co-existence.
Many businesses (including farms, fencing contractor, pony riding, a hotel, a breakers yard) that operate from this site and the surrounding area will potentially suffer if the proposed sites go ahead.
Unauthorised intrusion from the site occupiers onto the agricultural land could result in contractors not wishing to risk tractors and equipment and any crop damage and rubbish deposits could result in land ceasing to be farmed and becoming unsightly.
The proposed site will be a major invasion into the openness of the countryside and will be an irreversible urbanisation of the entire area.
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