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Safe access to road network - site is on A4177 an extremely busy and
dangerous road where there have been many accidents and fatalities.
Adverse impact on important features of the natural and historic
environment - the site is in full view on the main A4177 route into
Historic Warwick which may cause a negative impact on tourism. It is
adjacent to the canal which is greatly visited by tourists because of the
'Stairway to Heaven' lock Flight which dates back to 1799.
Integration without harming the character of the landscape - approx. 2
months ago 3-4 gypsy caravans arrived on the land opposite the proposed site
forcing the gated driveway. After 1 week they left. I walked through the
area with my wife and was disgusted to see what they left behind - approx 12 bin bags full of rubbish, half of which had been dumped in the brook. The site was littered with general rubbish, faeces, food scraps, household waste and 2 large calor gas cylinders. One area had been used as a toilet or for
emptying the toilet judging by the faeces and baby wipes. How can they be
so disrespectful to an area?
Promotes co-existence - I do not see how this can happen when they clearly
do not value or respect the land in which they live on (see above
comments). Residents nearest the site would be proportionally outnumbered
by the gypsies which does not promote a frame work of co-existence.
The land is Green Belt and under the governments guidelines should not be
used unless in VERY exceptional circumstances.
The summary of the area states that it is already used by the Caravan and
camping Club. This is on an infrequent basis by touring caravans who
generally stay for a short period of time. I travel past the site daily and
the caravans that are there are very insignificant. This is in total
contrast to large gypsy caravans on a permanent site which are there day in
day out. There are also the large additional vehicles needed for towing
purposes.