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I am writing to object to the proposed site GT02. The area is totally unsuitable for development for a number of reasons:

1. There is no convenient access to a GP surgery, school or public transport. The local surgeries are full, and the schools are nearly full. Public transport to this area is sporadic at best.

2. There is not safe access to the road network. The Fosse Way is an extremely busy and dangerous road, particularly at peak times. It is already overloaded, and the added traffic from a development site would place undue stress on the network. It would also add to the danger of the road. Children from the site would be at high risk when crossing roads to use public transport or walk into the village.

3. The exhibition centre is an extremely successful local business which provides a large number of jobs for local people. It also brings in a lot of tourist money: when events are on, people go into Leamington and Warwick to spend money. The business would be destroyed by any development on its grounds. This would be detrimental to our existing communities and to the towns.

4. A development would place enormous strains on our local community. Not just on the services and amenities, which are already stretched. But also on the small community on the other side of the roundabout on the Fosse Way. We would be totally overwhelmed by incoming residents.

There is a solution: it is my understanding that Warwick District Council already has a piece of land with planning permission for a permanent travellers' site. It's there, it's ready for use, and it has been approved. Save taxpayers' money and your time and use it.

Kind regards,

Vicky Fraser