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There is a very substantial risk that the proposal would lead to serious injury and, quite possibly, a death or deaths.

The A46 is very dangerous as the traffic is fast and plentiful and becoming ever more dangerous, exemplified by a recent fatal accident on the Barford by-pass involving a car emerging from a side road. This means that access to the main road could not be described as safe, especially when large, slow moving vehicles are likely to be involved. This road would have to be crossed by pedestrians wishing to get to the extremely limited services available in Barford, the shop, church, school and bus stops, a particular challenge for children and the elderly.

The bus stops to which reference is made enable access to a restricted service and it should be noted that neither of the mentioned routes travel to either Hampton Magna or Bishop's Tachbrook.

Expecting a small village school to accommodate extra pupils when demand already substantially exceeds supply of places or to undergo further expansion with no consideration as to how this would be funded is entirely unrealistic.

Because the site is outside the curtilage of the village, but is likely to be substantial in size, occupied by people of an alien culture and extremely unpopular with existing local inhabitants, there is a very substantial risk of ghettoization, with all the implications that would bring. The fact that the travellers would be living and working at the same location would bring risk of noise and other potential adverse impacts on the local area.