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Objections/concerns for the Preferred Gypsy/Traveller Site - GT12.

There is no convenient access to a Doctor's Surgery, the nearest ones are:-
The New Dispensary, 2 Alder Meadow, Warwick,
The Croft Meadical Centre, Bishops Tackbrook,
Budbrooke Medical Centre, Hampton Magna,
Priory Medical Centre and Cape Road Surgery, Cape Road, Warwick
Warwick Gates Family Health Centre, Warwick

All the above are not within walking distance due to very busy roads and no pavements, therefore to get to the doctor's surgery a car would be required or bus journey.

The nearest bus stop, public transport would be over the very busy A429 and within the village of Barford near the old bridge. The travellers would have to cross this very busy/dangerous main road to get to the bus stop unless an underpass was built for safety - (cost implications). It would be too dangerous for a bus stop to be sited on the main road A429.

To access the nearest village primary school, again the travellers' children would have to cross the very busy A429. An underpass would have to be built for their safety! Secondary School bus services leave from within Barford Village, the children would have to cross the A429.

The proposed site is on the edge of a flood plane and with global warming how long would it be before the site flooded?

Access to and from the proposed site would be off the very busy A429 and although the speed limit is 50, traffic do not obey this speed limit. I have pulled out from the village of Barford to turn right, one second the road in both directions is clear the next second there is a speeding car slamming to a halt in your rear!

As the site is situated very close to the road you have to take into consideration the safety of the dwellers, children and animals being so close to this very busy road. Also, traffic noise for the dwellers.

At the moment there are no utilities on this site, how much would it cost to 'bring in' these utilities/services and from where? If from Barford would it put extra strain on existing drains, would the drains of Barford have to be modified/updated to cope with the extra use/strain - again maybe extra cost implications.

How would the dwellers on the site be able to integrate into the village of Barford and feel part of the village with the busy A429 running in between, as mentioned previously for their safety an underpass would have to be built, then you would wonder if you were out in the countryside or in the middle of Coventry where you would normally find underpasses!

I do wonder what the impact environmentally would be, on Green Belt land! Also, the impact on tourism if this site was to be on route between Warwick and the Cotswolds.