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To whom it may concern,

Re: New Local Plan Gypsy and Traveller's site located at GT02 land abutting the fosse way at the junction with the A425

Having reviewed the proposed local plan along with the independent survey that was carried out on all the locations, I have several key points/concerns why GT02 is a inappropriate site to which I object.
Reasons:
Impact on the local economy
Currently the location has a business already sighted at GT02 which is thriving and has year on yearn growth. The Warwick Exhibition Centre has confirmed that prospective business has already been lost due to the prospect of GT02 and it would loose further business if the proposed site were to be adopted. This would place 40 jobs at risk and have an impact on the local community/ economy. WEC contributes £2m to the local economy each year and also assists other local business via referral business all which would be at risk if GT02 were adopted.
Access to local amenities
Having contacted the nearest doctors surgery's I have been informed that they have no capacity for an influx of new patients. Both croft medical and Harbury GP are currently full. The next nearest available doctors surgery that has capacity is almost 5miles away with no direct bus service.
Equally, I have contacted the nearest schools who have also confirmed that they are nearing capacity and would find it very difficult to serve an influx of pupils. This therefore questions the due diligence of the 3rd party consultants that were employed by WDC who conduct a survey on each of the sites to assess the viability as the information they have recorded is NOT accurate and therefore should not be used as a basis to asses the site GT02
Travel
The location of the site is on a very high risk route. Over the past 3year 12 serious accidents have occurred which is reaffirmed by all the high risk signs that are placed up and down the Fosse Way.
There are no pavements that serve the site to the village of Radford Semele which is potentially very dangerous for pedestrians and the bus stop that does serve is inadequate as the stop is very close to the road and does not even have minimum hard standing or canopy to protect the consumer. It must be stressed that the fosse way along with Radford and Southam Road are very busy commuter routes which are very dangerous both for pedestrians and cyclists.
Environment
Visual impact at site GT02 would be great especially as the location of the site is at the bottom of a valley travelling both from Southam and Radford. The site would therefore be very noticeable from all direction and contravenes WDC policy.

Due to all of the above I confirm that I object to the site GT02