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I am a resident of, Birmingham Road, Budbrooke, Warwick, CV35 7DZ.

It has come to my attention that Warwick district council are proposing to situate a Gypsy and traveller site at Oakland's farm Birmingham Road Budbrooke, this is right next door to where I live and I wish to place on record my formal objection and protest at the proposition of this site being used for such a purpose.

My reasons for this objection are
1- The proposed site is designated greenbelt land the preservation of which is paramount to this community, the local infrastructure, tourism in the area and maintenance of the house prices locally.
I would further highlight that government guidelines specifically state that there have to very special circumstances to use greenbelt land and neither I or anyone else affected is aware of any justification to have such a site located at Oakland's Farm.
2- The proposed site is in full view of the main Birmingham Road which is an access point in to the historic town of Warwick, location of this site at Oaklands farm will have a massively negative impact on local tourism as it will create a blot on the sweeping open greenery that currently exists, screening of the site would not prevent this or further lessen the noise created by the site it would simply draw unwelcome attention and ruin the landscape.
3- The proposed site location is on a well-documented accident black spot and if this site is located here this will only cause further fatal accidents and severe traffic problems for this already busy road.
4- The community local to this site are but a few in number and a site of travellers/gypsies would overwhelm and outnumber the local residents and this would not promote a peaceful and integrated coexistence, further the inhabitants of these sites are notoriously rowdy, loud, aggressive with a wanton disregard for peace and public order it is further statistically proven that when such a site is located in a neighbourhood the crime rate in the neighbourhood and surrounding areas rises substantially.
The individuals who have worked hard with dedication and determination in order to purchase properties which are expensive because they are based in a well-regarded and highly sought after area stand to make substantial financial losses if this site is located at Oaklands Farm.
To disregard this fact would be negligence on the part of the council who owe a recognisable duty of care to local residents and to allow such a site to be located in an area which would result in loss to local residents would be negligent on the part of the council the losses for which would therefore need to be borne by the council and paid to local residents.
This are is highly valued area and dubbed locally as the stairway to heaven, the Hatton Locks are of great historic importance to both the local area and the county of Warwickshire and they further date back to 1799 and because of this historic significance the local area benefits from tourism contributing thousands of pounds to the local economy as well as the council, this revenue would be in jeopardy with the location of this site at Oakland's Farm as it will deter tourists.
5- There are further dangers with the location of the proposed site being at Oakland's farm as already pointed out the site would be on a very fast and dangerous road with close proximately to a 24 hour petrol station the traffic from the site will increase the number of fatal accidents and congestion on the Road. There are further dangers with regards to flooding and deep water together with the local railway line which in itself presents dangers.

There will also without doubt be a detrimental effect on the canal and tow path users the detriment to the ecology, wildlife and local farmland clearly presents numerous and very strong reason to oppose this site.

I very much hope that the council will consider and take on board the very real concerns and anxieties raised in this email and will further act to ensure that the proposed site is not located at Oaklands farm.