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I write to register my opposition to your proposals for gypsy and travellers sites GT12 and GTalt12 at Barford.
You say in your consultation document at para 2.7 that these sites are to be regarded as akin to conventional housing. Any rational examination of the sites would lead one to say that a planning application for housing on these sites would not be granted.
The A429 is an important route. The views from the road are important and I understood that modern planning considerations prevented developments sprawling beyond recognised boundaries.
Your new local plan uses the A429 as a boundary for Barford to justify "in filling" between the village and the bypass. Your proposals for the two sites at Barford would be an extension to that, providing for development on both sides of the road. The development would use important agricultural land, and would provide development in an area where any development would be a detriment.
In your new Local Plan, you have suggested a large area to the south of Warwick/Leamington Spa for development. If you cannot plan to integrate Gypsy and Travellers sites with a completely clear sheet of paper within that area, you cannot expect to be able to integrate by imposition. I think it would be much better to provide sites within the large areas you have already earmarked for development.