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My thoughts on the revised development strategy and sites for gypsies and travellers:
1) I live in Hampton on the Hill. The older properties have been here for some 150 years and the front of some properties is right on the road, as it would have been a cart track for horses in the 19th century. The road gets very busy at certain times of day with commuters using the village as a short cut to Warwick / The M40 in one direction, and Warwick Parkway / Coventry / A46 in the other direction. The road and village was never laid out with modern traffic in mind, and being a parent of very young children I am constantly worried about the speed and volume of traffic. This does not encourage the environmentally friendly use of walking / cycling to get around, so further use of motor vehicles is the result to protect children from the risk (be it real or imagined) of road traffic accidents. Increasing the number of houses in nearby Hampton Magna will only make this worse. The Budbrooke road between Hampton Magna and Hampton on the Hill is also unsuitable for the current volume of traffic, let alone any increase.

We moved to Warwickshire 7 years ago and the unspoilt countryside around here with open, green spaces were one of the major attractions to us. I strongly believe that any increase in house numbers should be built where there is already a recent precedent for building new houses, i.e. new housing estates where the amenities and infrastructure have already been created and can cope with more residents. A major point would be that Hampton Magna school is already heavily subscribed, and the addition of new houses or pitches for travellers / Gypsies will put a huge strain on what is currently a successful school.