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After a great deal of thought, I am writing to ask that you re-consider plans for a traveller's site at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre.
I am aware that there is a need to find permanent sites for a people that are far too often generalised about negatively.
However, this site is not viable and risks significantly damaging the economic well-being of this area.
My reasons in précis are as follows:
(1) The Warwick Exhibition Centre site has the potential to lead to significant employment in the area. It is relatively in its infancy and needs time to develop. We have seen the impacts of the development of Stoneleigh over many years. It was not overnight. This site in future years will develop to offer significant, much needed employment.
(2) This area is historically important. There are genuine risks of damage to an historically important area that has yet to be properly explored/matrixed; the site would require significant investment and changes to road and transportation links to make it viable.
(3) Historically this area has always been protected as it provides the rural setting for a the densely populated town of Leamington and its satellite villages. Ingress into this area with housing will deeply impact not only visually but on the leisure and health balance for the local population.
I am not a 'nimby' in any way - and do appreciate the need to provide sites. However, the proposed sites would have economic, historic and infrastructure impacts that I believe outweigh this need. There are a number of alternative sites that pose significantly less risks.