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Site GT16 is unsuitable and unsustainable as a Gypsy & Traveller Site for the following reasons.

The site does not have convenient access to a GP surgery, secondary school or public transport. Pedestrian access across the Barford bypass is unsafe and unsuitable;

The site has a high risk of flooding;

Safe access to the road network is unlikely onto the busy Barford Bypass;

The Barford Bypass will provide a noise disturbance;

Development would adversely impact the River Avon's important natural environment;

It would be impossible to integrate development without harming the character of the area;

Barford is a small village with limited services. The increased pressure on the infrastructure and services would prove impossible for peaceful and integrated co-existence between the site and the local community;

In summary site GT16 is unsuitable and unsustainable as a Gypsy & Traveller Site. Other suggested sites are more suitable and more sustainable - Sites 1, 11 18 and 17. These sites are more accessible to the major urban areas and will have less proportionate impact on smaller communities.