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To Whom it may concern,

I am writing to advise you of my objection to the aforementioned prposed traveller's site based on the following criteria.

Impact on the green belt: It is my understanding that this site is in the green belt and that the government guidelines state that there must be "very exceptional circumstances" in order to use such sites.

Impact on Landscape character: The Birmingham Road is an extensive stretch of beautiful countryside, with very occasional housing visible from the road and some local public houses. The site has already begun to look in a state of disarray and if the proposal gets approved this will only get worse. My husband recently went for a walk near to the site and discovered a caravan on a public pathway being lived in, and a child defecating in the middle of the pathway. This is not the kind of image we wish to be subjected to.

Ability of infrastructure requirements to be adequately met: There is one shop for the local area and the local school, Ferncumbe Primary is already oversubscribed, having to introduce strict criteria in order to prioritise entry. Additionally, the junction of the road with Ugly Bridge Road, adjacent to the proposed site is a notorious traffic accident black spot, with more people and more vehicles in the area this will only get worse.

Impact on ecology: The area being such a rural zone, there are numerous farms in the area, and various wildlife present in the area, which are likely to affected by this.

Impact on land contamination, noise and other disturbance: As previously mentioned, the site is in a rural area, with very little residual noise, and multiple families residing on the site will increase this dramatically. Traffic as mentioned above will also increase. This particular area is already greatly affected by traffic jams in both directions at peak time, and additional vehicles, especially turning into the site, will only make this worse.

Impact on visual amenity including the visibility and character of the site and surrounding area: Please see point above "impact on landscape character". Additionally, the local Hatton Locks site is an historical site which is a great tourist attraction - this would be affected by the proposed site being located in such close proximity.

Distance to GP surgeries, schools, dentists, hospitals, shops and community facilities: The nearest GP surgery is in Budbrooke and is over 1.6miles away, beyond that the nearest surgery is in Warwick, over 2.5 miles away. Ferncumbe Primary is the nearest school and this is 2 miles away, and as previously mentioned, already oversubscribed. The nearest edntis is over 3 miles away, as is the hospital, and there is only the village shop in Hatton Village itself. There are very limited facilities within the area, and these facilities would not be able to cope with additional residents.

Proximity to other residential properties: There are a number of houses directly on the Birmingham road, and there are two housing terraces with a small number of houses, as a resident of one such house, we would be overwhelmed and outnumbered by the arrival of so many additional families.

Potential for the proposal to utilise previously developed land: The proposed site has not been developed for this purpose. This land has already been designed for a purpose which would be more suited to the area - a cattery and kennels and sales of log for fires. With a large proportion of the houses in the local area utilising wood burning fires, this site would be better served by renovating the existing facilities for the original purposes. This would be beneficial to the local economy as well as not being detrimental to the local area. From a personal perspective as I will shortly be rescuing a cat, having a cattery in such close proximity would be far more useful to me than a traveller site.

Additionally, the landowner does not want to release the land and I do not think a compulsory purchase of this land for this purpose is the best use of local resources, at a time when public services are constantly being cut due to lack of financing. I would rather see this money put to improving the public transport services in the area.